It works out your triceps and mid chest the wider your grip the more your working out your chest and the narrower the more it works out triceps.
Bench press mainly targets your chest. Your arms are also used, mostly triceps and shoulders.
You bench press because you want to build the muscles of pectoralis major or the triceps. This exercise is good for your chest and triceps.
Mainly the pectorals, but it can be good cardio-vascular exercise, too.
The Bench Press primarily works out the chest. However, it also works out the triceps, and to a lesser extent it also works out your back, core muscles (for stability) and biceps.
It works out your upper pectoral muscle
pushups
Pushups do work. They help build up your upper body strength like your arms, pecs, and abs. There are several ways you can do pushups, too.
Pushups. Situps/crunches. Going to work.
No, I think it will still be mostly biceps.
You need to try this for yourself. Focus on where you feel the best muscle activation. I found that with close-grip pushups, I was more targeting the triceps. I feel that wide pushups are better for chest development. Mind-muscle connection and slow, controlled reps are vital.
The best way to do more pushups is by doing pushups. If you set up a consistent routine of any sort, your numbers will go up.
Practice pushups by doing as many as you can and then each day upping that by 5
Yes, this is indeed a good way to increase your pushups
i would personally do pushups, or handstand pushups. Handstand pushups are where you go on your hands, lean you back against a wall and bend your arms at least 90 degrees. It takes time to be able to build up the strength in your arms to do handstand pushups correctly so it you are a beginner, then stick with pushups for now.
Most people think you have to have a gym membership but really simple stuff like pushups, situps, jogging, will work if you keep at it.
Any exercise that is especially hard for you to do should be the one you work on the most. By doing something that is hard for you, you gain a sense of accomplishment and you feel better almost instantly. you can start out with just a little say you can only do 5 pushups then do five pushups until you can do five no problem then do ten, then 20, then 50, then 100. By the way the Average firefighter can do 74 pushups just a good goal to achieve would be 75 then technically you can do more pushups than the average firefighter. :)
Do pushups!