Weighted Push-up vs. Bench Press

[rossi]

How do you then get it on your back in the first place???

[Trifin]

Get on your hands and knees and just reach back over your head (assuming you're flexible enough to do this. If not, then you should stick to regular pushups and/or do yoga) or just have someone place it there for you. A dumbell behind your neck works good too because you can squeeze the little bar between the back of your neck and your traps.

[holvoetn]

Get on your hands and knees and just reach back over your head (assuming you're flexible enough to do this. If not, then you should stick to regular pushups and/or do yoga) or just have someone place it there for you. A dumbell behind your neck works good too because you can squeeze the little bar between the back of your neck and your traps.

It has already been mentioned earlier in this thread:
a backpack is a lot easier to add weight when doing pushups.

No need to take yoga classes and/or being restricted to normal pushups only.

[Trifin]

Get on your hands and knees and just reach back over your head (assuming you're flexible enough to do this. If not, then you should stick to regular pushups and/or do yoga) or just have someone place it there for you. A dumbell behind your neck works good too because you can squeeze the little bar between the back of your neck and your traps.

It has already been mentioned earlier in this thread:
a backpack is a lot easier to add weight when doing pushups.

No need to take yoga classes and/or being restricted to normal pushups only.

Well yeah, but I was just saying in case he didn't want to use the backpack. It's a helluva lot quicker to just put a weight back there then carry around an extra bag and take the time to strap it on. To each his own...

[MillerMan]

I am a novice lifter. I have been lifting with free weights for 6 months this last time and have been lifting off and on for 2 years. I have not done push ups in forever until I started using Stronglifts. And I have to tell you that first time I completed just 36 pushups and there were parts of my back and shoulders that felt the effect and I have been using heavy free weights for months.
So I say if there is a way to incorporate both bench and push-up or weighted push-ups - you will receive benefits of using muscles that each one exercise lacks.

T-Dog