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What is the difference I hear you ask? For most people the answer would be nothing.
Whether you sit on a shoulder press machine and press your equivalent bodyweight above your head or kick up into a handstand (against a wall ) and lower head to the floor and push back up again, there does not seem to be a difference.

You would think that if you could do one, then you could do the other.

Well in 99% of cases, that is not the case. Surprisingly, for most people and especially those who lift weights, handstand pushups are far harder to perform than shoulder presses.

In a shoulder press movement, and especially on a seated press machine, you do not use a single muscle to balance yourself. By using the secondary muscles in the shoulders, you are working them a lot more and from different directions as you keep balance in a handstand pushup. More effort is needed and greater shoulder strength required to perform a handstand pushup.

Other benefits of handstand pushups are in increase in blood flow to your brain and vast improvements in spatial awareness. Most people, who have never tried to do a handstand, or rarely find themselves upside down for that matter, become disorientated and lose their bearings.

After only a few attempts, your brain becomes used to seeing things from a different perspective, which greatly improves spatial awareness, and with the increased blood flow, improves your well-being.
Handstand pushups also offer much more range of movement. When performing shoulder presses, the weight bar is lowered as far as the tops of the shoulders, and then pressed back up.

When you become stronger and more confident at performing handstand pushups, you can raise your hands by placing them onto books and even chairs. A handstand pushup between two chairs almost doubles the distance you have to travel until your head touches the floor and is an extremely impressive feat of strength.

On top of all the health and strength benefits of handstand pushups, you do not need to visit a gym or spend money on weights for a home gym.

Handstand pushups can be performed at home and build tremendous shoulder and upper body strength that far outweigh the benefits of using weights.

If you find, you do not have the strength to perform a single pushup, start by kicking into a handstand (against a wall) and just hold this position for time. The strength gains from just doing this will be dramatic.

If you want superior upper body strength that will blow you away, then turn your training upside down and include handstands into your daily routine.

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In my opinion, pushups are the single most effective exercise for improving total body fitness. They offer the benefits of weight lifting, stretching and cardio vascular training all in one exercise. For a beginner, pushups can be very difficult because of how many muscles are involved. Many of which are under trained in the body of a beginner. In fact, even many seasoned bench press veterans have trouble doing high-rep pushup workouts because their secondary and stabilizer muscles are untrained.

Holding the proper form is a great exercise alone, without even performing any repetitions. The pushup form benefits the abdominal muscles in the same way that Arnold Presses benefit the biceps, by simultaneously flexing and stretching. When the lower back muscles contract to stabilize your form, your abdominal muscles are inadvertently stretched. The quadriceps is also relied on heavily to maintain proper form, giving your legs a decent secondary workout.

The actual motion of a pushup trains the chest, triceps and the anterior deltoids, while stretching the biceps and back. Pushups are considered by many people to be the best all-around chest workout. I have found that they are great at increasing muscle size and tone. I have also found that they are easier on the joints than the bench press. Additionally, large pushup workouts are great for circulation and overall cardiovascular health.

When performed in high-repetition workouts, pushups can increase human growth hormone, boosting overall muscle growth. This is the hidden benefit of pushups that many people never discover because they only perform pushups as a supplemental exercise, rather than as a primary chest workout. My article entitled, “Do Pushups to Build Muscle Mass and Boost Metabolism,” details how to build up your strength and endurance to completing a 1000-pushup routine. If you plan to use pushups as a primary chest exercise, then I encourage you to perform a lot of sets and reps, and set a goal of completing between 500 and 1000 pushups. Pushups are much more challenging and painful than a standard bench press, but if you commit yourself to them, you can have amazing results.

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Pull ups and Chin Ups are one of the best upper body exercises you can do. Read this article right now to discover 5 reasons why you should be doing them and how they can help you build muscle, burn fat, increase your functional strength, get more muscle tone, and much, MUCH MORE!

Almost everyone has heard about pull ups, but lots of guys don’t realize how important they are… what a great exercise they are, or all the benefits you can get from pull ups and chin ups.

So why would you do pull ups and chin ups? What are some of the benefits?

Here’s 5 big benefits of these exercises:

1. Functional Strength - The strength you build with pull ups will carryover to every area of your life and is a type of strength you might have to use one day (hanging off a building, climbing a wall, etc)…

2. Builds muscle - The pull up is one of the best ways to pack muscle onto your back, shoulders and arms…

3. Sport strength - Almost all sports require you to do a lot of pulling to play well, pull ups help in this regard…

4. Exercise Carryover - You pressing numbers will go up as you get better at pull ups…

5. Joint and Muscle Health - Making sure you do as many pull ups as you do presses will ensure you don’t have any muscle imbalances and you’ll stay healthy…

The last point is important because a lot of guys do tons of bench presses, incline, decline and other pressing movements and do hardly any pulling movements.

This is bad for many reasons, the biggest of which is muscle imbalances… another big reason why you want to avoid this is because you should (generally) be able to pull much more than you push for functional strength reasons.

So if you haven’t started doing pull ups and chin ups, then you need to start today…

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I’ve recently acquired a pull-up bar made by Iron Gym products. I have to say, I’ve had my eye on one of these for a while. Now I do have a full squat rack of where I’m able to do pull-ups from, but am I able to fit my squat rack in between my door way or in the hallway? Nope, I don’t think so. With that said, the mobility of the pull-up bar is phenomenal.

Right when I get out of bed in the morning, all I have to do is simply slip the pull-bar in between my door way and walla! I can knock out a mini workout or warm-up whenever I want. Not to mention the benefits of doing pull-ups are simply outrageous. Pull-ups is an exercise very few people can do, simply because of the lack of upper body strength. I know a few people who can power clean over 250lbs but at the same time they have hard time doing 5 regular pull-ups.

With this piece of gym equipment, you can do a variety of exercises. Not only can you do under hand pull-ups, but you can also do over hand pull-ups as well. Wide or close-grip, you choose for the better. The pull-up bar can also be used as a push-up platform on the ground. With push-ups, it allows you to hit more muscle fibers of the chest and thus allowing you to get more of an effective workout that what regular push-ups offer. Anyways, for $30, you can’t go wrong with the price. If you’ve always wanted to set up your own home gym, the pull-up bar is an awesome start. If you’re wanting to buy this product, it can be located at your local sports store.

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