Do push-ups generally train your abdominal muscles?

Push-ups are currently a popular exercise method. People are now paying more and more attention to their healthy lives and hope to achieve health goals through exercise. Different exercise methods can power on different parts of the body. Some people want to exercise their abdominal muscles. In fact, push-ups are a very good method. Let us find out together, can push-ups train abdominal muscles? I hope this can be of some help to everyone.

OK. In addition to exercising the pectoralis major, push-ups can also exercise the serratus anterior, anterior deltoid, triceps and forearm muscles, as well as the rectus abdominis, internal oblique muscles, external oblique muscles, iliopsoas muscles, quadriceps and calf triceps. For push-ups, the distance between your arms should be the same as shoulder width or slightly wider than shoulder width. Key points: Stretch your arms straight on the ground, fingers facing forward, and the distance between your arms should be the same as shoulder width or slightly wider than shoulder width. Keep your legs straight and together, with your toes resting on the ground.

The body is vertical, forming a straight line from head to toes. The hips and waist should neither arch nor sag. Then bend your arms, lower your body to be parallel to the ground, then straighten your arms to support your body, tense your pectoralis major as much as possible, pause for a moment, then bend your arms and repeat. Inhale as you push your body up, and exhale as you lower your body. The starting position of straight-arm support should make the vertical line of the shoulder in front of the palm support surface, so that the pectoralis major muscles can be fully exercised.

When the body descends, no other part of the body may touch the ground except the two hands and two toes. When lowering and raising your body, your movements should be smooth, and your body should always maintain a straight line from head to toe. Only when you push up for the last one or two times (that is, when you are exhausted) are you allowed to collapse your waist. During push-ups, your upper arms should be close to your sides. To improve the exercise effect, you can put weight on your shoulders or increase the difficulty by raising your feet (such as placing them on a stool or steps).

The distance between the two hands on the ground can be wide or narrow. For beginners with poor physical strength, they can stand up when the body is halfway down, or raise their hands (support themselves with a stool or step) to reduce the difficulty.

The above is the detailed answer to the question of whether push-ups can train abdominal muscles. Push-ups can not only train abdominal muscles, but also effectively train chest muscles, exercise the muscles on your arms, and also exercise your leg muscles. This is what many men dream of. As a relatively simple exercise method, it saves the cost of going to the gym and can be easily done at home.