Woud doing push ups increase the amount of wieght i can benchpress?

Question

Do they both like work the same muscles? I would think they do, but I'm not sure.

Answer 1

the push up only utilizes 60% of the total bodyweight if the person is symmetrical. if you can bench press more than 60% of your total body weight the push up would be virtually useless for "you" in terms of increasing functional strength in the upper body.

Answer 2

Depends on how much you can bench now.

Yes, they both work the same muscles, but when you do a push-up, you are only lifting a little over half your body weight. Not only that, but once you get a little into the push-up, the mechanics cause most of your weight to shift to your leg support, so that at the top of the push-up, you are only lifting 1/3 or less of your BW.

Most guys can work up to benching their body weight relatively quickly, so the push-ups are pretty useless for that. For example, I can do about 100 push-ups and bench press more than my bodyweight. So for me, push-ups are a high rep, low weight exercise that builds endurance but has nothing to do with my max bench press weight.

Answer 3

yes and no.
doing push-ups exercises the same muscle groups as bench pressing. so, if you can't bench that much to begin with, then yes, doing more push-ups will build up the muscle group.

but, if you're already benching sayyyyy 300lbs, then the muscle group is already built up. assuming that you weigh between 150-200, then doing push-ups won't build up the muscles much more, it'll just keep the area maintained.

Answer 4

for sure. the first year of my training was all pushups, pull ups and dips, no weights at all. my bench went up over 60 pounds. before u even get on the bench u should be able to do 40 push ups in a row. try to get to a goal of 500 pushups in 45 mins.

Answer 5

Yes they will

Answer 6

Sorry for the silly...short answer...but yes!!!!