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helo all. just a simple question here. hope u can give me your best. i cant get access to benchpress so i do weighted pushups instead. i weight 170lbs/77kg and i do pushups with a 120lbs/55kg person standing on my shoulder blades. so the whole 55kg weight is on me. i can do 12 pushups in a row with 120lbs/55kg person standing on my back. all the way up all the way down. and i think, when doing pushups, i push about 99lbs/45kg of my 170lbs/77kg bodyweight. is it? combined with 120lbs/55kg person standing on my shoulder blades, its the total of 219lbs/99kg. for 12 reps weighted pushups in a row. if it correlates to bench press, is it pretty much the same? can u please estimate and explain to me? and what do u think of this achievement for someone who weights 170lbs/77kg. stands at 5'11. hope u can help. thanks.

Answer 1

nothing correlates to bench press except bench press. but what you're doing is good upper body building, especially your back muscles, arms and pecs. tighten your stomach muscles as you work to give yourself even more of a work out. remember to build, you need heavy weights and few reps so don't push yourself to do lots of reps...quality not quantity.