How many pushups would you need to have the same gains as bench/curl/shouler bress?

Push-ups to weight training is like only doing (100 & 165) yard repeats in order to train for one mile. It can be done, but not most efficient use of time and energy.

I did 73 push-ups this morning. I am not going to risk covid-19 and swim or weight train currently. So, I do jailhouse workouts on days I do not run. I would not dare try to equate push-ups to bench pressing.

Please note: Lon Myers raced 4:22.xx one mile solely on (100, 150 & 200) yard repeats.

If you do a lot of 200 repeats with shortish rests, you end up with a 3-4 mile "tempo run" as far as your heart and lungs are concerned, while moving at 1500 pace half the time. It's a great way of conditioning

Greg wrote:

Edmonton Citizen wrote:

The Edmonton citizen will never run sub 3.

He did as good as he could when he was 40 but that was when Paul Martin was still running the country. It was all downhill from there.

I am glad you asked.

Well at least you tried. Running isn't always about a time, it's about getting out of it what you want.

Well I never really tried. I was always an ultrarunner since I tried one right after my first Marathon. And yes I got a lot out of it. I got to do a couple big races I would have never dreamed of.

Regular press ups are a fine exercise but won’t have the same effect as bench. Single arm press ups or shoulder stand press ups could potentially work in similar rep ranges

Handclap pushups will build more muscle if you can do those. It's still not really the same exercise as the bench.

You are lucky that your gym is open.

I do push-up workouts. Don’t have gym access.

I started during the lockdowns and when I started I was very over weight. My first day I did 100 in sets of 10 and that was a struggle. I could not complete an ab exercise either not could I run under 8 for a mile. Gradually I got better

I’m in week 29 and here is what my log looks like:

Mon 1000 push-ups, 7 sets of 4x core 5 miles @ 7:53

Tuesday 1000 decline push-ups, 7 sets core 5 miles at 7:24

Wednesday 4 miles @ 7:40

Thursday: 1450 push-ups 7 sets core 9 sets of 25 lunges and air squats. 5 miles @ 7:43

Friday 600 close grip push-ups 7 sets core 4 miles @ 7:37

Saturday (Today goal) 1000 wide grip 7 sets core 5 miles @tbd

Sunday (goal) 500 slow and squeeze push-ups 7 sets core 4-5 miles

I’ve lost about 30 pounds and look completely different. My chest and arms are significantly bigger and I’ve dropped from a 36 without belt to a 32 with a belt.

So at least for this old guy the push-ups routine has been very effective

It’s not a number it’s speed ...5-15 nice and slow push-ups can provide power/strength. High quick reps just builds strength endurance

Greg wrote:

Pushups are a good excercise and I've been experimenting lately. On a few days I've done 100 pushups and situps.

It's a start but not nearly enough to feel the same strength I've felt from hitting the gym.

How many pushups per day would I need to replicate doing the bench press twice a week?

When I bench, I usually do between 3 and 4 sets of 6 reps.

Lots of misinformation on here.

I was a 5 day bro split gym lifter just before COVID-19 hit and had to adapt my routine when the gyms shutdown. I scoured YouTube for good routines and found some good channels that got me started on a good path using bodyweight exercises for not just maintaining my gains, but improving upon them.

Before COVID-19, I was 170 lbs at 5' 10" with about 10% bodyfat. 8 months later, I'm now 175 lbs while having maintained 10% bodyfat. I've been able to use nothing but a pull up bar, gymnastics rings, two 5 gallon buckets, and my body weight to improve upon my physique.

The key criteria that needs to be considered is how you use your routine to create progressive overload on the target muscles you're working. With the chest, it's important to understand that you need to incorporate supersets with different push up variants to get an adequate workout in if you're only using bodyweight.

I think you're referring to Herschel Walker and he did a couple thousand pushups, pull-ups and dips every day along with ab work and running.

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IF you implement progressively more difficult pushup variations,

then you CAN achieve the same results.

Note that gymnasts are absurdly strong, and most don't use weights at all.

wow, good read and congrats!

stories like this are inspiring. personally speaking, i am sure that a person capable of doing hundreds of push-ups and running a 5k in less than 20 minutes will always look good.

Hi. Quite difficult to say. Many depends on type of push ups, your weight, current physical condition and so on. If you will use some difficult techniques, you can get great results. By the way if you don't like to go to the gym, you can use special home gym like here https://gymequipmentcenter.com/best-home-gym-under-500/ I think it is good variant for many exercises!