A question for the more experienced body builders?

[2Quik4U]

I do a lot of pushups and bench presses to get rid of my bird chest-itis. My question is should I do pushups everyday or leave some days for recovery? Same with the bench presses?

Mind you I take Muscle Igniters and Creatine with a Whey protein shake so stamina isn't too big of an issue. I just want my muscles to grow in a quick and efficient manner while practicing safety and healthy fitness.

[Q-TwEEzY]

Recovery time is essential. I normally work chest/triceps twice a week with at least 2 days in-between.

[Spliff Star]

Muscles don't grow in the gym.

[2Quik4U]

Recovery time is essential. I normally work chest/triceps twice a week with at least 2 days in-between.

Yeah this is what I heard. I'm thinking of just doing the pushups everyday and skip 2 days with the bench pressing, add some dumbbell flys and benches.

[Kronz]

Yeah this is what I heard. I'm thinking of just doing the pushups everyday and skip 2 days with the bench pressing, add some dumbbell flys and benches.

What's your training split and routines like?
If you're going heavy (as you should, if your goal is to increase mass) I'd say you're gonna need about 4 days of rest in between. You can probably get by with doing some push ups everyday since the intensity is not that high.

[2Quik4U]

What's your training split and routines like?
If you're going heavy (as you should, if your goal is to increase mass) I'd say you're gonna need about 4 days of rest in between. You can probably get by with doing some push ups everyday since the intensity is not that high.

I try to change it up as much as possible. Sometimes I do 50 rep pushups/50 rep bench presses, sometimes I might do 10 reps of 10 pushups and 5 reps of 20 on the weight bench, or if i'm feeling it I might do 100/100 with the 10 set joint.

I'm giving myself as much work as possible, the pushups come easier and easier from when I couldn't even do 1 pushup a year ago. I'm thinking the pushups will just be a good foundation and the weight training will provide the extra. But i'll take your advice on the 4 days of rest and see what it does.

[Kronz]

I try to change it up as much as possible. Sometimes I do 50 rep pushups/50 rep bench presses, sometimes I might do 10 reps of 10 pushups and 5 reps of 20 on the weight bench, or if i'm feeling it I might do 100/100 with the 10 set joint.
I'm giving myself as much work as possible, the pushups come easier and easier from when I couldn't even do 1 pushup a year ago. I'm thinking the pushups will just be a good foundation and the weight training will provide the extra. But i'll take your advice on the 4 days of rest and see what it does.

Are you just doing push ups and bench presses everyday? Nothing else?

First of all, I assume your goal is to gain muscle mass. Let's look at your number of reps.

This is how number of reps work
(everyone will say differently but this is what I go by)

1-5 reps = strength
6-12 reps = size
13+ = endurance

If you want size, you need to do between 6-12 reps per set. This doesn't mean 6-12 easy reps, you should be struggling to get the last rep up on almost every sets.

Which means, if you can do 20-30 push ups without rest, it's time you move on to heavier exercises like bench press. You can make push ups more interesting too, by using weighed backpacks or different variations.

Assuming you have an adjustable bench, I would do something like

Flat bench press 3 x 8-10
Incline bench press 3 x 8-10
Decline bench press 3 x 8-10
Dumbbell flyes 3 x 10
Push ups 1 x to failure

And on off days... train other body parts while letting your chest/triceps recover.

[2Quik4U]

How long should rest periods be inbetween reps and sets? I do Ab Ripper X every 2-3 days to work other parts of my core, I might get more exercises for my legs.

[Kronz]

How long should rest periods be inbetween reps and sets? I do Ab Ripper X every 2-3 days to work other parts of my core, I might get more exercises for my legs.

I'd say about 1 minute between sets and I don't know what you mean by in between reps but go at a controlled tempo.

It sounds like you don't really have an organized routine. You should be training your entire body, not just your chest and core. Do some pull ups, shoulder presses, lateral raises, squats, deadlifts, etc. It might not seem like a big deal right now but as you get more into training you will regret not training the entire body.

[Cleansing]

60 pushups in the morning
60 at night

throw in 90 situps in the morning/night
45 leg raise each leg mroning night

and 90 calf raises mroning night

works out all the improtant shyt ppl actually see, and it's not heavy duty stuff. It'll fix u up.

[2Quik4U]

I'd say about 1 minute between sets and I don't know what you mean by in between reps but go at a controlled tempo.
It sounds like you don't really have an organized routine. You should be training your entire body, not just your chest and core. Do some pull ups, shoulder presses, lateral raises, squats, deadlifts, etc. It might not seem like a big deal right now but as you get more into training you will regret not training the entire body.

I've done a lot of shoulder presses already, they're built to a point I like. I've added some deadlifts, but i'll need an example of lateral raises.

[Kronz]

I've done a lot of shoulder presses already, they're built to a point I like. I've added some deadlifts, but i'll need an example of lateral raises.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/DeltoidLateral/DBLateralRaise.html

Great exercise for the side shoulders, will give you that wide look

[2Quik4U]

I'll add that to the workouts, as I said my shoulders are pretty close to where I want them. I'm doing more chest and ab exercises so those muscles can catch up. But here's my overall workout so far.

Plank for 1 minute
10 sets of 10 pushups
Shoulder shrugs: 2 sets of 50 reps
Toe raises: 2 sets of 50 reps
Dumbbell squats: 2 sets of 20
Shoulder press: 2 reps of 20
Bicep curls: Max out on each arm
Plank for 1 minute
10 sets of 10 pushups

All other workouts is either P90X every 2-3 days or that bench press workout you posted every 4 days or so. Is there anything else I should add? I got no place for a pullup bar so I can't do those for now.