Push ups are effective. It all depend on when and how you do them.
Beginneres will benefit from push ups the most as they shall shock the upper body muscles to react to being worked out. When they have been doing bodyweight oushups for a while though they shall start to gain LESS with them. Thats a good time to start using weights.
There are variations to pressups (wide arm, narrow arm, finger, one arm, clap etc) All of these are good to work different types of muscles, and can give your upper body a good workout.
So to evaluate, push ups are effective.
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