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    How To Do a Push-Up Properly And Increase Your Upper Body Strength

    14th January 2019
    Push-up - Liegestütze - pompes - EVO Fitness

    WHAT

    • The push-up is a simple and highly effective foundational movement, serving as an essential building block for loaded pushing, as well as inverted moves such as the handstand.
    • It is widely regarded as a benchmark movement for upper body strength and is easily adaptable for any level of fitness.

     

    HOW

    • Start in a plank position with arms straight, shoulders above wrists, and body in a straight line. Engage the core and glutes.
    • Keeping the shoulders over the wrists, lower the whole body towards the floor, dropping comfortably as low as you can.
    • Push the body upwards and return to the start position. Repeat for desired reps or time.

     

    WHY

    • From a very early age, the ability to push our body away from the ground was a pre-adaptation to crawling. In fitness and sports training, the push-up is, therefore, a foundational movement – which means that you can build other bodyweight skills upon it.
    • Any bodyweight-supported exercises can be demanding for your wrists and hands – which is actually an excellent reason to perform them. However, take time to warm up the wrists with some gentle mobility if you’re planning to do more push-ups than usual.
    • As your strength improves, play around with hand position and speed of movement (e.g. close or wide grip push-ups, or explosive push-ups). Practising these variations will build high-levels of resilience and decrease your injury risk.
    • When progressing with the push-up, remember that it’s not about scoring points, but instead to develop skill and control. Make push-ups an integral part of your training program and watch your strength improve quickly.

    OTHER EXERCISES:

    HOW TO PERFORM THE BAR HANG FOR INCREASED CORE STRENGTH AND BODY CONTROL

    HOW TO PERFORM THE BURPEE PULL-UP FOR EXPLOSIVE POWER AND ENDURANCE

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