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Push-ups and pull-ups have long been considered the 2 best exercises you can do to coach your upper body. The reason behind that is both of these exercises target every major muscle group of your upper body. You would be surprised as to how good of shape you will get into when you only perform these two exercises. Ask anyone who has been through 'boot camp' and see what sort of shape they're in? Question them what exercises they did?
There are 3 good reasons why it is important to do both movements or exercises.
1. Saves time...these two exercises are compound movements, meaning they target more than one muscle at a time. These two exercises permit you to train all the major muscle groups of your torso. This really is helpful if time is a element in your hectic agenda.
2. Targets all the major muscles of the upper body. Push-ups or any type of pushing movement like a bench press targets your chest, shoulders and triceps - half your upper body. Pull-ups or any type of pulling motion targets a totally different set of muscles. The pulling motion targets your back, biceps and forearm - another major muscle groups of your torso.
3. Reduces upper back and neck pain. A lot of upper back and neck pain is caused by muscle imbalance, caused by over-training certain muscles over others. The fact that just about anybody can do push-up or modified push-up makes it simple and easy to include this exercise. Unfortunately a lot of people can't do pull-ups. Most women along with a large number of men can't do but a few pull-ups, so they neglect this important exercise. This contributes to muscle imbalance along with a contributing step to upper back and neck pain. Performing many of us of sets of both push-ups and pull-ups can greatly reduce the your chance of shoulders and neck pain. Modified or Australian pull-ups are a good substitute for those who can't do a complete pull-up. The benefit of the modified pull-up is that it enables you to off-load some your own bodyweight, thus enabling you to get the same benefit of a pull-up.
It's unfortunately, but both women and men are equally responsible for omitting pull-ups for their workout, and over-training their chest muscles. If you have been looking for ways to add shape and tone to your body be sure you train virtually all of the muscles of the torso - not just the beautiful muscles you can see within the mirror. Whether it's free-standing pull-ups or modified pull-ups they're a great accessory for add to your training routine.
