Struggling with your push-ups STRONG friend, I got you?! This blog is for you if you want to improve your push-up game. Get more reps and/or master your form!
1๏ธโฃ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ – more than once a week, please! Need I say more!
2๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ by doing other upper body exercises, such as chest and shoulders presses, rowing variations – vertical and horizontal.
Strengthen your lower body and core as well. The whole body needs to be strong and also be able to create total body tension to perform a proper push-up!
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค – film yourself doing push-ups. – Body in line from head to heel! – Hands a bit outside of the shoulder, elbows forming a 30-45 degree angle. The body should make an arrow not a โtโ at the bottom position of the push-up. – Core engaged & Glutes squeezed.
4๏ธโฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก-๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ (๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐) ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก-๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ. The hands elevated position has a STRONG carry over to the regular push-up on the ground. You can get your body in the same alignment as the regular push-up, unlike the knee push-up!
As you get STRONGER lower your incline over time and before you know it, youโll be busting out push-ups on the ground STRONG friend!
Give these tips a go and let me know how it goes for you!
One more thing before I turn you loose to practice your push-ups!
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