Is there a good exercise to build pectorals without weights?

[Anonymous]

All the areas. I'm going to be away for a while and I have no access to weights. Someone experienced in getting at least some tone without any weights or machines?

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I have tried pushups, it's not enough and it becomes more aerobic. And the idea that just pullups and situps in a cell will build your body is only in the movies.

[just_tired]

Varied pushups with different hand positions. Extra resistance can be achieved with elevating feed, putting backpacks and other stuff for weight and rubber bands for the same purpose. Also you can find any heavy items and do flyes exercise and bench press. One last good exercise is when you push your palms together in front of your chest and while keeping heavy pressure between the palms, start pushing them froward and back.

[astutefl]

Try push ups with your feet elevated. Get some push up bars so your upper body is going lower. Try boxing. Check out bodybuilding.com, lots of good info there on workouts.

[Asker]

Thanks.

[latebloomer87]

How can you do resistance training if you have no access to weights?

By your logic all exercises you can do without weights can only be aerobic exercises once you can exert above your body weight, because basically it becomes endurance training.

I have an idea then - strap some heavy objects on your back and do press ups lol. Let someone sit on your back whilst you do pushups. You won't even see that in the movies.

[Asker]

Resistance is not the same word as weights. I've been using a bowflex machine and that has no weights. You can have resistance without weights, and that's what I'm hoping for in some open techniques that might be unknown.

[latebloomer87]

Hmm I checked the bowflex machine - it is basically ropes that are designed to withstand very high tension/resistance. So you can generate a lot of shear/resistance without actual weights.

So why don't you just take the bowflex ropes with you can strap it to something and pull on that? Or find some other material that is even more tensile than bowflex?

[latebloomer87]

Or, why don't you just pull on a wall as hard as you can? I mean in the direction of pects flexion.

[martyfellow]

Pullups WILL build pectoral muscle strength. Find a par course or anywhere there's a bar of some kind at the right height. Of course you need to do aerobic exercise as well, and you can substitute anything for small weights you can use for flys and the like, to build strength.

Not having weights only means you will have a really hard time getting bulky, but you CAN get strong without them.

[MrEM4N]

Hand stand push ups, weighted push ups (think backpack filled with stuff or sandbags across your shoulders), you can also make a bench press out of pretty much anything. You just need a flat surface to lay on and you can turn a broom handle into a barbell and add paint cans or jugs of water for weight.

[kheserthorpe]

one arm pushups.

If you can't do them, work the progressions.

You can also do isometric work

[Anonymous]

We would stuff backpacks full of rations and do push ups to add some resistance.

[raptor]

Pushups. Without a Doubt.

[ivarei]

pushups

[Asker]

After a certain point you need more weight and pushups don't have resistance. I'm already past that point after using a machine for a year.

[Anonymous]

pushups and pullups

[Asker]

pullups don't touch the pectorals.

[Opinion Owner]

Then your not doing them right. They do it the last movements (after arms hit 90 degree angle)

also for pushups, put wieghted objects either between your shoulders or in the small of your back

If you need a more reliable weight go to a home goods store and get a 40-60 pound bag of salt and throw that on your back.

[Asker]

I need to see an example of how pullups will work the pectorals.

As far as weighted objects, that counts as weights and it's very inconvenient if it's something homemade, if it stays on at all. I guess that's an option but I'm hoping for some other secret technique.

And pushups can't work the full area, the most difficult is the upper area where the clavicle bone is. I worked hard to fill that up and I already see it going away and bone coming up.

[Opinion Owner]

Im guessing you mean the Pectoralis major.

link

thats the only one I could find.

I hope things work out for you man

[Asker]

Yeah, thanks.