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Originally Posted by MastaAces
i'm not disputing it but i'd like to see the source of this claim.
I think it depends somewhat on form, etc. and it doesn't translate perfectly since you use slightly different muscles.
https://betterme.world/articles/push...s-bench-press/
"According to Harvard Medical School, when doing a regular pushup, you end up lifting about 50 percent to 75 percent of your body weight with this number largely depending on your weight and body shape. If you were to modify this workout and do an inclined push up or one on your knees instead, you would end up lifting anywhere between 36 percent to 45 percent of your body weight.
On the other hand, Livestrong.com states that while doing a regular press-up, you support 69.16 percent of your body weight in the up position of a push-up, and 75.04 percent in the down position. If you were to modify this and do the simple knee variation, the number drops to you lifting 53.56 percent of your body weight in the up position and 61.8 percent of the same in the down position."