I have historically had a very weak body, but my upper body has been the weakest link on top of that. I have been decent at squats and deadlifts because I played a lot of soccer before but never bothered with working on my arms and chest.
Now I started dedicating a day each in my routine to chest and shoulders, and do biceps with back and triceps with chest and have been gaining mass and strengrh really fast so I am really excited to see how this is going to unfold because never in my life have I perceived myself to be strong but it seems within the realm of possibility now.
Nice, upper body can progress really quickly with just a few minutes every few days, going to failure.
I have attempted this before. Good thing is there are many pushup variations that are harder so you can go a long way in building strength and endurance without needing weights. Bad thing is when I try to push (ha) my limits, I get blood pumed to my head and I start feeling light-headed and dizzy. So I don’t like doing pushups.