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So /fit/, I've been doing push-ups since December and I'm just curious...

So basically I was able to push myself to do atleast 70 push-ups back straight to a fist height, but I'm struggling to do 30 push-ups if I'm touching the ground with my chin and back straight.

I'm doing this by stacking magazines to approximately the size of my fist, which is about....10 cm. So this is chest down 10 cm above the ground.

A little weird isn't it?
>> Anonymous
there shouldn't be such a drastic difference, maybe you're not telling us something
>> Anonymous
If you look like the girl in the pic, good job, I'm already impressed.
>> Anonymous
I'm not surprised. I can do 5 reps of handstand pushups with flat hands, top of the head to the ground. I can only do 1 rep of handstand pushups with fists (increased range of motion).
>> Anonymous
Who is the girl on OP pic? ;_;
>> Anonymous
Chin to the ground/back straight is harder to do than fist height/back straight, so that sounds about right. Also I heard chin to the ground/back straight is the proper way to do push ups.
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>>74691

Kamei Eri, member of Morning Musume...some j-pop idol group. Tons of photo-books. She's not amazingly hot but for some reason she's one of the most attractive girls I've ever seen, and I'd choose her over someone who was amazingly hot.

Anywho>>74708I was always told fist height was the proper way, but then my younger brother started playing Rugby (he's larger then me LOL) and apparently there workout is 20 chin down push-ups.

So I tried them myself, and I got about 25, but I guess I'm just not used to being so low.
>> Anonymous
>>74719
thanx <3
>> Anonymous
>>74708
"Ideal" pushup would be hands at shoulder level, just slightly outside the shoulders, body should be rigid and your face/chest/stomach should all touch the ground at pretty much the same point. Start by lying flat on the ground; that's approximately how you body should be during an "ideal" pushup. There's lots of variations though for hand placement and elevation which put different amounts of strain on the different muscles.