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A lot of us have been to NS (National Service)
and we've been doing pushups in a certain way for a long time but
it's not the perfect way. So today we're going to show you a better way so you get
to focus on your chest better and get alignment all right
Andy here is going to demonstrate
the normal push up that we do everyday.
All right so you see what's happening...
Do it slower.
Okay you can see his back is arched there's no support for his lower back.
Right? And he's straining his neck and the arms are in the wrong position.
And break. Are you ok? Yep! So now I'm going to
help Andy get into to the right position
so that the push up -
focuses on three major muscle groups.
your pectorals,
your front deltoids and your triceps here
right? So there are different ways to do the push up to
target different muscle groups
but the main thing that we do pushups for is the chest.
We get a little bit of secondary work here
and here.
Okay so first things first
you assume
the position
a little bit wider on and a grip.
very good. Now push your feet out straighten up.
Instead of
arching your back this way and sticking out your butt I want you
to tilt your pelvis the other way
and you can see that his lower back is nice and firm and flat.
Tighten your abs. When you tighten it you support your lower back.
Andy, as you go down I want your elbows flaring out to the sides. Down
and up keeping it in this range of motion there we go - and go - keeping it locked
slow, slow...
push - keep the elbows out
This will isolate more on the pectorals the chest muscles.
Can you feel it Andy? "Yes". Good remember to keep the position here
Good, everything is in line.
One more up and stop and that's how you do better pushups.