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Aside from the fact that you only read half of my comment, the bench-press and handstand push ups don't completely overlap, but some of the same muscles are use

• phaus 13y ago
  Muscles Targeted by Push-Ups http://www.livestrong.com/article/141152-what-muscles-do-pushups-target/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/141152-what-muscles-do-pus... Muscles targeted by bench-press. http://www.livestrong.com/article/167707-the-muscle-groups-used-in-bench-press-exercises/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/167707-the-muscle-groups-u... Am I wrong or do these two exercises seem to target the same muscle groups? Also, the muscle groups targeted by both exercises depends largely on hand placement. The same would apply for hand-stand push-ups, just to a lesser degree.