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| No matter what anyone says about push ups, they are ultimately one of the easiest and most versatile techniques anyone can do to increase upper body strength, bicep, forearm and to a small extent, tricep strength. For those people who are looking for an alternative, I say that you are missing out on an effective strength building technique. Having said that, the push up is an exercise with many misconceptions revolving around it. The technique, while appearing simple and straight forward enough, is better explained than watched; people sometimes tend to focus on the wrong areas. There are two different ways to do it. I will discuss both male and female approaches to doing push ups. Male Males are naturally bigger in stature and thus are expected to do a full body length push up. While keeping your back straight, have your toes point forwards. Support your body weight on your hands. It has been debated whether you ball your hands into fists or keep your hands flat. Personally, I prefer keeping my hands flat. There is a warning that this will injure your wrists in the long term, but there is insufficient evidence to prove this. While maintaining back rigidity, lower your body until your arms bend at the elbow at around 90 degrees. Of course, we cannot be sure when our arms are at 90 degrees, so the second test to ensure we do a proper push up is when your chin touches the floor. Push back up until your arms are straight again. Female Females are not expected to do a full body length push up, but about a ¾ length push up. That is, they cross their legs at the knees. Everything else stays the same: back is straight, arms are bent at 90 degrees, etc. So there you have it. The push up, explained. If anyone has any queries or objections towards my method, feel free to contact me and to correct it. I am pretty sure my methods are correct and injury free. One more thing. You can either do sets of repeats, suited to your strength, but I prefer to workout with endurance. I do 50 push ups at a time. It is up to you how you prefer to strengthen your body. For me it has always been and always will be, no pain, no gain! Just for reading the article, I'd like to give you a reward. Well actually two. I'm someone who practices what I do. You can see me as proof. Once you're through, you can get something that will let you look like me as well. Read About Bodybuilding Also Read About Chair Stretching And Fitness Stretching | ||
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