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Hi, I'm April Anderson and I'm working today with Logan McNeely.
We're going to be demonstrating body weight push-ups.
Whenever performing a push-up from a body weight position,
there are two different ways to do it.
One is a modified style which puts your pivot point on your knees.
If you are a beginner at push-ups or have not worked
with a lot of weight before, this is a good way to start
because it decreases the amount of body weight that you're using to push up.
You do want your arms directly below your chest.
Head in line with your spine.
And you want to plank out your entire body.
You want your fingertips facing forward or slightly out to the side.
And to execute the push-up, you want to lower your chest down towards the floor
and then push back up towards the top
ending with a soft extended elbow that is not locked out.
As you go down towards the floor, you want to inhale.
And exhale as you push back up towards the top in a slow controlled movement.
In order to change the intensity of this particular exercise,
you can actually change your pivot point from your knees to your toes.
This increases the amount of body weight that you are working with during the exercise.
Same thing again.
You would lower your chest down towards the floor
and exhale as you push back up towards the top,
maintaining straight plank form from your toes from-from your ankles to your head.
I'm going to have Logan perform four or five of these with proper form to show technique.
Thank you.