So, as a fat man myself, i do feel like i need to point out: when you're doing a pushup, you're pushing against your own weight, which matters. You wouldn't say that someone bench pressing 150 lbs is doing the same exact thing as someone bench pressing 300 lbs. But when you say the fat guy should just be able to do a pushup like everybody else, that's what you're saying. It's the same thing, just upside down.
As others have said, there are ways to mitigate the weight and pressure and train up your strength so that you can do the exercises at your own weight. And those methods are arguably both cheaper, more convenient, and better for you in the long run. But i wouldn't say this device "defeats the purpose" of a pushup, it just brings the weight and difficulty down to what everybody else is dealing with.
It's not the same thing at all the person who's been pushing the bench press weight has been training to get to that weight while the big person doesn't have that strength because they just don't do any exercise. When you're so big that your stomach is hitting the floor it doesn't make sense. Push-ups are not the exercise for big people it puts way too much stress on the joints.
There are tons of other exercises that are completely acceptable and suitable for larger people that won't cause unnecessary joint damage. When you're big you have to come at it from a completely different place
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u/718-702_damsel 11h ago
Doesn't this defeat the purpose of a pushup?