Knuckle Pushups? - Page 2

Killer Quinn · 08-25-2008, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jasonSuFi

It helps a little bit in that you are able to go a bit deeper than you normally would, but it can seriously fuck up your wrists if they aren't strong enough to do them.

Oh yeah and they can make your knuckles look gnarly lol

Strength and honor,

pretty much, they let you go slightly deeper, but you would get much more out of diamond pushups or wide grip pushups

jasonSuFi · 08-25-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Killer Quinn

pretty much, they let you go slightly deeper, but you would get much more out of diamond pushups or wide grip pushups

Truth!

I <3 diamond & wg push ups

The only thing is that with diamond push-ups, you really have to pay close attention to your body and focus on either pushing through your chest, or through your triceps.

Strength and honor,

xxxSTAxxx · 08-26-2008, 08:03 AM

I do that sometimes, but then I realize "why the fuck am I using all my knuckles when I could just use 1 finger", I always *facepalm* myself when I do that.

And to be serious one day my coach said do diamond pushups, and he told me why they're better.

Gh0stS4g3 · 08-26-2008, 12:34 PM

Diamond push ups are the evil! I rarley ever do them. Should I be doing them?

Killer Quinn · 08-26-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Gh0stS4g3

Diamond push ups are the evil! I rarley ever do them. Should I be doing them?

Depends on what you want to be improving.

What people need to realize when asking these kinds of questions is this.

1. What muscles am I trying to improve
2. How can I isolate these muscles.

What I am saying is when you think about it, what could doing push ups with your knuckles actually do to improve your strength/physique or anything else? The only thing doing push ups on your knuckles can do is add maybe 1 inch more of depth you can go on your push up, which wont really do much. Also note that doing pushups from you knuckles is putting a lot of strain on a joint thats not supposed to support your body weight.

Now about diamond pushups, what is there to hate about those? You can completely isolate your triceps and push out through your pecs, imo they are the best form of push up

jasonSuFi · 08-26-2008, 01:37 PM

And with diamond push-ups, you can really isolate your inner pecs and be able to make them nice and full. Then throw in the added idea of putting your feet above ground level (at any angle) and hitting every single portion of your chest.

Strength and honor,

Ragefuii · 08-26-2008, 02:42 PM

I've never done them, but I'm probably going to try them now.

Squiz · 08-27-2008, 10:07 AM

I have huge fucking knuckles. I'm probably going to get arthiritus and I never even crack them :/

domoku · 09-11-2008, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Squiz

I have huge fucking knuckles. I'm probably going to get arthiritus and I never even crack them :/

Hey, how do you know if you have arthritis? I forgot

jasonSuFi · 09-11-2008, 10:31 PM

look here

Strength and honor,

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