Push-up
rating: | Ø 3.87 through 122 votes |
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required: | Nothing |
optional: | Backpack |
level: | Normal |
type: | Strength |
Variations available (17) |
Starting Position
- go on your knees
- put your hands vertical below your shoulders
- they support your upper body
- fingers together, fingertips point ahead
- back straight, head in extension to the spine
- stretch your legs behind your upper body
- you can either put your legs together or leave a shoulder width space
Correct Execution
- bend your arms slowly
- elbows are in a 70 degree angle from the torso
- let the upper body sink until the nose reaches the ground
- your body remains in a line
- avoid a hollow-back and do not push the bottom upwards
- push yourself up again
- keep your arms bent a bit
- repeat the exercise
tips for the workout
- do the push-ups on your fists or use a pull-up bar to preserve your wrists
- put on a filled backpack to make this chest exercise more difficult
- if you do it on your knees, the exercise becomes easier