i did 30 years in the US Army and after watching this, i realize that i’ve been doing my push-ups incorrectly which explains the perpetual shoulder pain i experience... thanx for this vlog...
No one has EVER been this detailed it absolutely appreciated and needed, finally someone recorded from above to ACTUALLY see what our hand placement should be. I get so frustrated with not having the security in my form to FOCUS on the execution of the move and normally just uncomfortable and to weak to lift.
100% thank you. I have ‘golfers elbow’ and thought pushups were impossible to do since it hurts my elbow like a rubber band is going to snap. But when you said to keep your hands flat and don’t rock out (a previous video), I noticed I did that. I corrected it yesterday and experienced zero pain in my elbow. 👍
Great breakdown of the push-up! Love the "arrow" as an example and eye focus a little above forehead. Tiny tweaks and make such a difference in results.
I worked up on some pushup challenge until could do 3 sets of 100. Then about 3-4 months after the challenge (with daily pushups) my shoulders got an injury. I changed my form and I can do less but I am less interested in the count now. This all seems like great advice. I was doing the T-form she said at the beginning of the video. It took about 6-7 months but inevitably I got an injury.
I am curious as to what your background is as far as your study goes. Your explanations are the best I have ever heard, you are super clear, detailed, and concise. Did you go to school for this or was it just a passion that you went after and mastered. Great job, I've added a couple of your videos in my physical education classes. Thank you for your great work.
Good one Corey. I do all the correct things. Which is great. However I also use push-up stands “perfect push ups”. Keeps my wrist straight and makes keeping the head neutral easy too. Have been doing burpee routine Iron Wolf 🐺 style. Check him out. You should do some shoulder opening, stretching video. Especially exercises to stop impingement
I've never been able to do push-ups without having intense wrist pain afterward. It wasn't until I watched your video that I realized that I've been doing push-ups wrong my whole life. Thank you so much for sharing this information with the world!
I wasn't able to do a push-up for the past 20 years. I knew that I had my form correct when everything hurt like hell for the first time! 🤣 happily to say after a few days of of planking and 45° back extensions, I was able to bust out ten by the end of that first week.🏆💯 now (3 months later) I can crank out at least 30, but it still hurts like hell! hopefully by next year I can be at 100.
Dear Cori, thank you very much for all the tips. It's a fantastic and helpful video, and I enjoy a lot your channel. I've improved a lot of things during my workouts thanks to you. :)
Very detailed video Cori. I realised that I had been rocking my hands a bit. Is this the reason why I don't feel much tension on my chest? I feel it more on my triceps and shoulders. And do we need to stop just before our chest touches the ground or slightly touch the ground? What would be the most efficient full range of motion in this case?
These videos are helpful but what would be great to show is the next step and techniques to increase the number of reps. I can do a perfect push ups but not many of them and have trouble increasing rep count before I hit a wall.
@@guycoder simply keep doing more, its about volume. do you max reps, rest 1 minute and repeat. you can do 10-40 rounds of this depending how much you can do.
Practicing my plank, because as stated in this video, the strength of the core is really important and after attempting the pushup for years and not getting it I decided to plank just because the said it work work the entire body, and now I'm noticing that I can lower my body and keep it straight with more control than before I stated doing planks. I stated a short while ago so I still can't do a full pushup..but progress is in my double-chinned horizon))
I’ve watched loads of videos on press-up form. I’m 51 and do reps of 40-30-20-10 for a neat 100. Seems to be keeping an older man in ok shape, but this video was very informative re form, far better than the usual 20yr old lads trying to make out how smashing they are. Thanks for the video. I’ve subscribed. Good luck for future 😁
You will be better of doing push ups on a chair to reduce the angle or on a wall. Doing do will engage the core and the legs while making it easier to do the push up by taking some pressure from your chest and shoulders. Good luck.
Thank you for this video, Im a 63 year old woman, wife, mother and gmothet i have been looking for a video to show how to do pushups, your video description for proper position and improper push up position is exellent, I saw my self as watching this video how my position was not good and this affected my back, neck, and wrist.
I do not have a problem with proper form. Except for my right arm. I have an old, very serious tennis elbow injury so that I can't straighten my arm - it gets about 25 degrees from straight. And it causes problems with general shoulder and arm strength exercises. So I have to look for a comfortable way to do pushups. Also, I find it better to do pushups before doing heavy barbell work.
I have disability in one of my shoulders and scapula, 50% parallelized due to nerve damage. can you please tell me how should I start doing push up? I cannot do normal push up :( it is too hard for me, how should i start?
Even "strict/full/real" pushups are just cheated 1-arm pushups ;-) which are cheated fingertip pushups... My point is just keep moving at what's right for you now -- that's the great success beyond any specific capability
You are so fit, strong, defined and still very feminine. That's what I'm after. My goal for life. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. God bless you endlessly!❤🇧🇷
Thanks for this helpful video. I have poor upper body strength, always have, and can't do a full push up. I prefer to do them on my toes rather than a modified push up (on knees) because I feel like I get a better workout that way. I can get multiple reps, but I only have the strength to go a few inches, not anywhere near as low as you. Is it better to do what I'm doing and keep working at it that way and building strength or would I be better off doing a modified push up and going down farther? Hope that made sense. It doesn't matter to me how I do them, I just want to get the biggest bang for my buck, the best workout in the least amount of time.
Also, can push ups be done daily? Maybe I'd get stronger faster and better at doing them if I did a set daily. Do you have or would you be willing to make a video of which types of exercises can be done daily and which should be done every other day or perhaps even less than that?
Not the person you asked but whether you should do an exercise daily depends on the intensity of the exercise. If at the next day of doing the exercise to your limit, your involved muscles feels sore then you shouldn't do it daily. If they feel completely normal then feel free to do it daily.
thanks for the advice. I will have one question. I have a problem with my rigth hand and can not put it flat on the floor. So when i do push ups, I do one hand flat and the other in rock position (like scisors paper rock). I allways wonder what to do with elbows ... outside or inside body. And hands separated or more close ... thank you
Great advice; however, you use the term "engage" multiple times without explaining it. Do you mean a slight contraction, a conscious recognition of the antagonists throughout the ROM, or a mind-muscle connection/recognition? Not wanting to sound too picky, but contraction functions and mechanics are complicated.
What do you think of using the "Perfect Push up Pro" device or similar equipment that you grip to keep the wrist straight? I do a lot of push ups and I don't want to damage anything. I'v found them more difficult using this equipment but no pains. Yet!
For me one of those rotating push up devices is doing wonders. Doing pushup is just a little bit easier but best benefit is how easy is on your wrists and hands.
very good info... I want to say I dont do the calf stretch type thing. I did 80 pushups in a minute at the police academy 20 years ago. my brother was army and deputy sheriff and he hit 96 in a minute but his max reps were 113.. pushups are great.. I only do gymnastics pushups off rings and raise my feet every set till my feet are about 5 feet in the air..
I see two things which aren't optimal in your instruction video, you shouldn't fully stretch you arm when going up to avoid injury and also to make sure you don't ever relax your muscle for optimal training. Secondly, you should go up faster and go down more slowly to strain your muscle more.
If you have shoulder problems/injury you can do a pushup if you try to keep your elbows close to your body. That helped me alot after I injured my shoulder and had to rehab it by hanging and doing these types of pushups
