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Advantages of freeweights over pushups..

mountie218 Posts: 1 Joined: 2005/06/18	2005/06/30, 06:50 PM I was wondering: what are the advantages of working out with freeweights over doing pushups, situps, etc. Right now I do no own any weights, but I hope to get some soon.:dumbbell:
	2005/06/30, 07:09 PM regular military push ups....require you use 58% of your bodyweight.....in freeweights you can go well over your bodyweight...after a certain point push ups just build muscle endurance but are not very good at building muscle or strength....and not as good at building power....(with clap variety)...
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/06/30, 09:20 PM progressive resistance -------------- It\'s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. -Henry Ward Beecher