Pushups are an optimal exercise to Strengthen muscles in the chest, arm and shoulder area. However, other muscle groups are also involved. The position of the arms and hands plays an important role in which muscles you use particularly strongly. The intensity can also be influenced by the leg conservation. Pushups can be executed on the knees, with stretched legs or increased foot position.
Pushups: you train these muscles
Most of the work do with pushups of the Big chest musclealso known as Pectoralis Major, the Arm extensionalso called triceps brachii, and the front shoulder muscles called Deltoid.
The muscles of the chest are primarily responsible for using and spreading your arms. The whole thing is also called Adduction and abduction of the arms. The Triceps or arm extensions Help – to match his name – to stretch your chest muscles and your arms.
- The one about 200 muscles involved in pushups are not all of them. The work takes over a large part of the work straight and weird abdominal muscles, which stabilizes the entire upper body.
- For the stability of your spine, theBack extension Or erector spinae responsible.
- The leg extensor, Which is also known as the quadriceps femoris is activated as soon as you extend your legs during the push-up exercise.
- You also train your buttocks with pushups.The big gluteal muscle, Also known as Gluteus Maximus, helps you to keep your upper body straight during the execution and not fall into the hollow back.
