The best way to do push ups, is to do them in a manner that will help you build shoulder and triceps muscles, but that won’t hurt your body. There are several ways to do correct push ups based on fitness level. If you can’t do a single floor push up, you may not even want to begin by lying on the floor, but instead might try knee, vertical or incline push ups instead to build strength.
The ground push up is done in the following manner:
- 1. Lie on the floor.
2. Flex the feet so the toes are on the floor, pointing toward your upper body.
3. Place hands, palms down, with palms at chest level, and fingertips at shoulder level.
4. Keep hands close into the body
5. Have your head in an upright position so you are looking forward, not down at the floor.
6. Slowly push up with the strength of the arms, keeping the body straight.
7. Hold the upright position for a few seconds.
8. Slowly lower yourself to the ground.
Benefits of Push-ups. Push-ups are a closed kinetic chain exercise.
Unlike the Bench
Press, your hands are fixed while your body moves through space.
- Build Muscle. Just like Pull-ups & Dips, Push-ups force you to lift your own body-weight. Push-ups work your chest, shoulders, triceps & core.
- Shoulder Health. Push-ups improve shoulder health by strengthening your serratus anterior. They also teach you to Bench Press correctly.
- Versatile. You can do Push-ups anywhere, anytime. Harder Push-up variations keep things challenging for constant progress
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