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Do Push-ups Build Biceps?

Doing push-ups everyday for 2 weeks will make you feel stronger, and you may notice some muscle definitions. For a month you will start seeing that you are getting bigger chest muscles, with more defined arm muscles. If you keep on going you will see even bigger results on these muscles.

man doing push up exerecis
Push-ups – Photo by James Barr

Doing push-ups will help you strengthen your biceps and build them bigger – but it takes many push-ups for a long periode of time. The biceps is the muscle on the front of your upper arm.

If you want to target the biceps even more, you can change the positions of your hands. If you place your hands so the fingers point towards your feet you will hit the biceps movement when making a rep. This is called “Inside pushup with reversed hands”.

Push-ups is a classic and a well known resistance training exercise that can help you get stronger. Traditional pushups are beneficial for building upper body strength. Using the proper push up form, the exercise can also strengthen the lower back and core.

How to push up!

When doing push-ups you need to begin in a full plank position with your arms extended, palms flat and just below shoulder level. Important that you keep your back straight and your weight evenly distributed. When its time to start, you need to look down and lower your body until your elbows are at 90 degrees. Now push back up to complete one rep. Try to take two seconds to go down and one second to go up.

If you want to work on the chest muscle, then you will have a greater result when push-ups were performed with the hands placed halfway inward from their normal position. Hands placed outward work the triceps more.


https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/rise-push-ups-classic-exercise-can-motivate-get-stronger-2019021810165

https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/push-ups-for-biceps#emphasis-on-biceps

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326149