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Anonymous
Many different types of pushup.
Normal (wide) works pecs, diamond (hands together, at head or chest level) work triceps.
Get into normal pushup position, lower halfway down, and hold. For five minutes, or as long as you can.
Pushups with the hands at hip-level work yet more groups.
Knuckle pushups - good for karate fist training. Use the knuckles of the index and middle fingers ONLY - no propping yourself up on your thumbs, or using other knuckles. If your wrists and forearms are aligned straight, the only discomfort (in addition to normal muscular fatigue) is the pressure on your knuckle skin, which will reduce with time. If Your wrists hurt, you're doing them wrong.
Train one-armed pushups by moving one hand up to head-level and gradully lowering the position of the other hand over time. This changes the weight distribution gradually. Eventually you'll be able to do them with just one hand.
Do pushups with your hands on two chairs or stacks of books so you can lower your chest further. This works the muscles over a longer range of motion.
Once you can do jumping pushups you can embellish by adding a clap, multiple claps, touching opposite shoulders then down, etc...
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