Pushups help bench?

[bracks02]

I'm looking to add weight to my bench, I have heard doing push ups will help this, any advice on this?

[KrooC]

im no expert but try doing more flys and more dumbbell presses...

ino i just workout like a fool lol

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

I dropped weigths for awhile and have been doing a navy seal workout...its pretty hardcore. I feel stronger, but I dont know if my bench has gone up cuz i wont be back on weights till mid december.

But for strength and endurance, the navy seal workout tears it up.

[zodiac666]

i wouldnt think pushups would do much for your bench because it is more of an endurance exercise. i do pushups at the end of my chest workout just to pump a lot of blood in the muscle.

also remember that strong tri's and front delts will help your bench out a lot. and unless you're a powerlifter dont get too caught up with your bench #'s. if you're trying to workout your chest just concentrate on your chest and make sure it is doing most of the work.

[WidowMaker]

I'm looking to add weight to my bench, I have heard doing push ups will help this, any advice on this?

Speaking as a competitive powerlifter pushups will help your bench, but use them sparingly and at the end of your tri workout. Push them hard and heavy by having your training partners add plates to your low back and you can also elevate your feet on a bench whlie doing these and grab some hex-head 20 lb d.bells to use as grip-handles.
As far as increasing your bench strength of the three prime movers of the bench (chest. shoulders, and tris) you need to find out which of the three (if not all) are/is the weak link and train them accordingly.
Examples of a few each:
Chest:
Inc. barbell/d. bell press (high or low)
flyes are good for shaping and tightening only
Dec. barbell/d. bell press
Flat d.bell bench press (palms in or out)

Shoulders:
Rack presses (12-16 hole)
Seated D. bell/barbell presses (no lower than chin high)
Front, side, and bent-over laterals (d.bell or cable)

Tris.:
Close-grip bench
JM presses
Tate presses
Pushdowns
Lying tri. ext. (curl bar or d.bells)

Make sure that these stay in the range (most of the time) of 3-8 reps on worksets.
Alos, make sure that you don't neglect the rotator cuff work b/c sooner or later they may be injured as one gets stonger. Be sure to add them in at the begining of every upper body workout w/light weight to nicely complement things all the way around for development.
Hope this helps and good luck,
Widow

[peteroy01]

hey Brackes02, did you get this question from last months MUSCLEMAG? if so its cause the week before he was doing negatives. so u do pushups to give urself a good amout of time to heal but still get a chest workout in.