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 I can do this.. March 31, 2007
Ge J. Yang
30 out of 110 found this review helpful
I can do this without the system, it's simple why don't you get a pair of 20 pound dumbells and put them in the ground then do pushups..trust me it works, i do it all the time and the results are nearly similar without buying ANYTHING.
 Impressive Product April 20, 2007
Jamasen L. Parham (Ames, IA USA)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I recieved this product about 3 weeks ago and am impressed with how it works. I used to be an above average wrestler in the highly competitive state of Iowa, so over the years I learned many pushup and workout techniques to keep the body fit and strong. I used to treat my body as a hobby, using pushups and dumbbells as my main source of lifting and staying in shape. Over the past year, I've put on a little weight and lost some tone just like quite a few people do once the final years of school, careers, and family consume the majority of your time. Recently, I am looking to get back to old form. I saw the Perfect Pushup on television and was intrigued by the equipment. I also did a little research via the internet to see what information I could find on the product. I wondered how doing pushups with the Perfect Pushup compared to doing pushups normally, and wondered whether I could get into shape faster with them and whether they worked. I can tell the difference between the results from the Perfect Pushup and that of doing normal, flat on the floor pushups. So far I am pleased. Getting acclimated to the twisting motion of the Perfect Pushup is probably the hardest part, especially if you are used to doing pushups flat on the floor. But, after a couple sets the twisting motion becomes a natural movement. Doing pushups on the Perfect Pushup tends to be a little difficult for the first week because the twisting movement really targets the whole upper body and some of your abs. I felt a little soreness a few hours after doing a set of twenty. For the first week, fight through the soreness and realize the pushups using the Perfect Pushup are a little tougher . Try going back to normal, flat on the floor pushups and you'll be amazed on how many you can do. You feel like you have to do 100 before getting a burn. I haven't done a vigorous workout with the Perfect Pushup yet because of a busy schedule, but I try to use them for about 5-10 minutes a night. So far, everyone else and I can see I look thinner and more toned. I think I look more toned in my chest and upper abs so I am excited to develop a more routine workout that lasts 30 to 45 minutes much like I used to do as a wrestler to see how fast I see results. I'm so impressed with this product that I recommend it to everyone including friends and family. Some friends have stopped by the house and saw them lying on the floor. Of course like a lot of people they think it is another workout fad until they try it. I have a few friends that live and die in the weight room. They teased me a bit then became pretty impressed once they decided to do a set of pushups. The burn and muscle fatigue comes quicker than most expect meaning the Perfect Pushup works even with those accustomed to working out on a regular basis. One thing that really impresses me is how easy the Perfect Pushup allows you to isolate arms and chest muscles with ease doing one-handed pushups.
 Pretty good but overhyped... December 22, 2007
Eduardo Nietzsche (Houston)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
...and sometimes overpriced!
What these pushup bars allow you to do is simulate the optimal lifting technique if you were doing a bench press using dumbbells (DBs): at the bottom of the bench press when the DBs are next to your chest, your palms are facing each other in a "hammer curl" type of position and as you push the DBs upward and away from your chest, you rotate the DBs inward (counter clockwise on the right and clockwise on the left) so that at the top of the movement your palms are no longer facing each other but your thumb knuckles are facing each other instead, and you might gently clink the dumbbells together for good measure. By adding a twisting motion to the pushing motion, you will feel a deeper flexion over more of the chest muscles including the insides of your pecs, rather than just the outside of your pecs next to your deltoids. This is the other reason that DB bench presses are essential, though obviously you can lift more poundage using a barbell (the main reason is that you will strengthen both your left and right sides of the body more evenly).
Just as you will find that you won't be able to use quite as much poundage doing a twisting DB bench press rather than a non-twisting linear DB press, so with these twisting pushup bars you will find yourself being able to do fewer repetitions than with normal fixed push-up bars. That is really the main advantage of these "Perfect Pushup" devices: you don't need to crank out as many reps to get to the same level of exhaustion. I normally can do around 30-40 reps per set with normal pushup bars, 50 reps per set with no bars just the ground, and only about 20-25 reps per set with these "perfect pushup" bars. This means you get a faster, more efficient workout. And if you are prone to rotator cuff issues, also a safer workout as long as you don't space these bars too far apart. They work best at shoulder width and especially, closer in---which makes perfect sense, since if you were doing a twisting DB bench press you would hold the DBs much closer together than if you were doing a barbell bench press.
Now the big caveat here is cost to benefit ratio. Normal pushup bars can go for as little as eight bucks, so you need to consider if it's really worth it to pay five times more for these "perfect pushup" ones. (I did find them at Wallyworld for twenty bucks though.) The claims of these things giving you spectacularly better results in mass and definition are, of course, just a bunch of sales hype.
Either way, pushup bars of either kind are a HUGE improvement over just plain 'ole pushups off the ground...less carpal tunnel syndrome risk and much fuller range of motion.
PS. The best way to get a great chest workout at home would be to pre-exhaust your pecs with say 3 sets of 6 to 8 reps of DB pectoral flies with moderate weight, and THEN do the pushups! Otherwise what often happens is that the delts and triceps get tired out before the pecs (a much larger muscle) are completely exhausted.
Well made product, intense workout May 19, 2007
Honus Wagner (New York, NY)
26 out of 30 found this review helpful
Having just received this product I can say that this product is very well constructed and offers an intense workout. Having used non moving pushup bars in the past and having done lots of regular push ups I can say that this product gives a much more intense workout. I can do at least 40 regular pushups but with this product on my first use, I only managed to get 17 before fatigue set in. This indicates to me a much more intense workout and I could feel the burn across my chest and shoulders. I look forward to using them everyday. A very good product.
why do all these reviews read like ads? July 21, 2007
William Hill (NYC)
26 out of 73 found this review helpful
I've read 40 of these reviews and they all read like product endorsement ads. The one
person that did NOT give the product 5 stars was "corrected" by a bunch of people saying he just didn't
get it.
I was interested in the product till I read these reviews, now I won't touch it.
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