Push Ups Are Back

Push ups are an excellent exercise for ANYONE looking to improve upper body strength. It works your chest, arms, and abs all at once! Plus you can do push ups anywhere and don't require any equipment.

The Basic Push Up is a great classic move:
Begin with your hands just wider than shoulder width apart. Lower your body to the floor, and push up! Remember to keep your back straight/flat. Don't let your tummy sag down it it will add unnecessary pressure to your lower back.

  

The Cobra Push Up is a bit more challenging. So if you're just beginning, or easily exhausted from the basic push up, I would wait to tackle the Cobra. Do two weeks of regular push ups until you can do 25 without a rest, then move into the Cobra Push Up.
Begin with your bum high in the air (arms and hands just wider than shoulder width apart). Lower your chest to the floor while keeping your bum up. Then as you push up tuck your bum under and press your chest up and out. It's kind of like the Bend & Snap, but in Push Up form!

 

Hand Placement options.

• Wide Placement (even further apart than the basic), isolates your chest even further.
• Closed Placement (close together-almost touching), isolates your triceps.