Back when I was playing college baseball and going to the gym every day, I thought that I would be able to build my chest and back a lot more than I actually did. I figured that by going to the gym every day, I would at least see some improvement each week in these muscle groups, but it seemed that I fell into a plateau and could never really get beyond it. That was until I discovered a basic boot camp style program that incorporates many push-ups and pull-ups to develop the chest and back. These traditional exercises are what helped me get a ton of definition in my chest and back, something I have never experienced!
I hate to admit it, but I was one of those gym junkies who used only bench press to develop my chest and the lateral pull-down machine for my back. Of course I thought this was enough, until about a year into going to the gym ever day, and then I asked myself, "Why does it seem that I haven't seen any more definition in either my chest or back in about 8 months?" It was official, I had hit a plateau, and I'm sure many of you reading this have experienced the same thing. However, I didn't do anything about it until I reached a point after college when I wasn't happy with the way I looked. I really fell out of shape, and it wasn't until I discovered a basic workout program that relies mostly on push-ups and pull-ups to develop the chest and back muscle groups, and I was a skeptic until I tried it out myself. After 90 days, my chest and back had more definition than ever before!
I was one of those guys who would maybe do 1 set of pull-ups every two months. So what did I do to develop my back? Well, I would do lawn mowers, but never really got anything out of them because I wasn't trained properly on how to use correct form. I would also use the lat-pull-down machine, but that only got me so far. Really, I have never had definition in my back until I changed my approach to back development.
Proper form is just as important for push-ups as it is pull-ups. I never believed that traditional push-ups would build my chest to where I wanted it to be. I guess you can say that I was a skeptic! That was until I did complete workouts that focused just on push-ups! You want soreness? Try doing 45 minutes of nothing but different push-up exercises! I could barely make it through the second half of the workout. As hard as it is to swallow my pride, I admit that I could only do 2-3 push-ups during the second half. Yeah, it's embarrassing, but oh well! Long story short, doing just these traditional push-ups built my chest more than ever before. I even have veins popping out of my chest now!
Half of the first workout, called Chest ... Back, was nothing but pull-ups, but the other half was grueling push-ups. I never realized how tough push-ups could be until I had to do this workout. When I reached the half-way mark through the push-ups, I had nothing left. I was completely worn out! My arms were shaky, and I was only able to do a total of 2-3 push-ups for each exercise thereafter. I remember being so sore the next day that it hurt to move my arms! That was the worst soreness that I have ever experienced, and it was at that point that I knew I was going to reach my goal of a ripped chest. By the end of my 90 days, my chest was more developed than it ever was before!
So for all of you that believe that you can only develop the chest and back muscles from going to the gym and lifting heavy weights, I have to disagree! I am living proof that push-ups and pull-ups work! - 29951
I hate to admit it, but I was one of those gym junkies who used only bench press to develop my chest and the lateral pull-down machine for my back. Of course I thought this was enough, until about a year into going to the gym ever day, and then I asked myself, "Why does it seem that I haven't seen any more definition in either my chest or back in about 8 months?" It was official, I had hit a plateau, and I'm sure many of you reading this have experienced the same thing. However, I didn't do anything about it until I reached a point after college when I wasn't happy with the way I looked. I really fell out of shape, and it wasn't until I discovered a basic workout program that relies mostly on push-ups and pull-ups to develop the chest and back muscle groups, and I was a skeptic until I tried it out myself. After 90 days, my chest and back had more definition than ever before!
I was one of those guys who would maybe do 1 set of pull-ups every two months. So what did I do to develop my back? Well, I would do lawn mowers, but never really got anything out of them because I wasn't trained properly on how to use correct form. I would also use the lat-pull-down machine, but that only got me so far. Really, I have never had definition in my back until I changed my approach to back development.
Proper form is just as important for push-ups as it is pull-ups. I never believed that traditional push-ups would build my chest to where I wanted it to be. I guess you can say that I was a skeptic! That was until I did complete workouts that focused just on push-ups! You want soreness? Try doing 45 minutes of nothing but different push-up exercises! I could barely make it through the second half of the workout. As hard as it is to swallow my pride, I admit that I could only do 2-3 push-ups during the second half. Yeah, it's embarrassing, but oh well! Long story short, doing just these traditional push-ups built my chest more than ever before. I even have veins popping out of my chest now!
Half of the first workout, called Chest ... Back, was nothing but pull-ups, but the other half was grueling push-ups. I never realized how tough push-ups could be until I had to do this workout. When I reached the half-way mark through the push-ups, I had nothing left. I was completely worn out! My arms were shaky, and I was only able to do a total of 2-3 push-ups for each exercise thereafter. I remember being so sore the next day that it hurt to move my arms! That was the worst soreness that I have ever experienced, and it was at that point that I knew I was going to reach my goal of a ripped chest. By the end of my 90 days, my chest was more developed than it ever was before!
So for all of you that believe that you can only develop the chest and back muscles from going to the gym and lifting heavy weights, I have to disagree! I am living proof that push-ups and pull-ups work! - 29951
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