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SteamTherapy believes intensely in healthy living and feeling good. Exercise - including the push-up - ranks high as a means for both feeling good and living healthily.
In this post, Fun and Fit Fitness Experts and identical twins Alexandra Williams and Kymberly Williams-Evans share with you how to do proper push-ups.
If you could only do two exercises, yet wanted to work your entire body, push-ups would be one of them. Squats or lunges would be the other, so you just know we’ll show those in an upcoming post!
Sadly, most women (and a few men) don’t like push-ups because they can be challenging. Sure, if you go from nothing to attempting long-lever (toe) push-ups on your first try! But if you do them against the wall, or the counter, or on your knees, you are still working the same muscles!
So start on the wall and work your way down to the floor.
Good form is way more important and effective than doing one or two long-lever, unhappiness-inducing push-ups with bad form. Hint: If your tush is way up in the sky or your nose or hips touch the ground first, you are doing something wrong!
Please note that nowhere did we say “boy” or “girl” push-ups. That’s because both men and women have the ability to do either short (knee) or long (toe) push-ups, unless something has recently changed evolutionarily!
Four Techniques for Proper Push-Ups Perfection:
Whether you do push-ups against a counter, on your knees (short lever push-ups) or on your toes (long lever push-ups), all make use of the following four techniques for perfection:
- Retract your shoulder blades
- Ensure a long line from head to knees (or toes)
- Keep your hands wide so there’s a 90 degree angle at the elbows at the bottom of the move
- Make sure that your hands are in a line with the chest (not the shoulders)
Use the four techniques detailed above for all your push-ups - from wall to floor. We bet you’ll grow to love them!
Of course, to hedge our bets, we also believe you’ll love the warm, muscle-soothing steam shower you’ll take right after you finish those push-ups.
Now, drop and give us 10! Then tell us which proper push-up tip you found most helpful!
~ Alexandra and Kymberly - Fun and Fit
