Thanks to the video above by RenegadeHealth.com, we get to see the four most common pushup mistakes.
I'm sorry Kevin, but I couldn't resist to make it a full half-dozen and adding my solutions.
Without further ado, here are the 6 most common pushup mistakes.
- Not doing any pushups at all. Come on, this is one of the greatest workouts ever invented, and it's freely available anywhere you are.
- Letting your elbows go wide. Keep your elbows in - you don't have to squeeze them crazy tight, just make sure they don't travel too wide either.
- Sloping your hips down. Always keep your back straight.
- Sticking your butt up in the air. Always keep your back straight.
- Not going down far enough. Quit thinking you can win in this game by cheating - you should go down all the way and then up all the way. 10 honest pushups are way better than 20 half-pushups.
- Hanging your head low like a cow. Imagine a straight line from your feet to the top of your head and then really focus on keeping it that way all the time.
2 comments:
Good stuff.
I recently came across
http://hundredpushups.com/
A nice program to work towards building up to 100 (real) pushups.
I'm pretty amazed at the progress so far with just 3 sessions a week.
So you haven't done 100 yet? Neither have I, but now I'm determined to!
Currently I'm able to do 30-50 pushups depending on how I feel on any given day.
Thanks for reminding me about the hundredpushups.com - I think someone mentioned it a while ago but then I forgot all about it.
BTW I'm also working on my pullups and for a good reason too - I sincerely hope they won't establish hundredpullups.com any time soon...
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