How To Do a Push Up
- December 10, 2008
- 15,760 Views
Voice Over Artist
Betsy Winchester
Writer
Andre_Scott
The push-up develops the chest, shoulders, arms, and torso—making it a serious fat-burner that gets your whole upper-body in shape fast.
You Will Need
- A clean flat floor surface
- A step
Always consult a physician before attempting any exercise program.
Step 1: Lie face down
Lie face down on the floor.
Step 2: Place hands
Place your hands on either side of your chest, palms down, with your fingers wide and pointing forward.
Step 3: Position feet
Flex your foot so that your toes point toward your head and your heels are up in the air.
Step 4: Push off floor
Keeping your body in a straight line, push yourself off the floor until your arms are almost fully extended.
Flex your back, stomach, butt, and leg muscles to keep your torso in line—and make your push-ups a full-body workout.
Step 5: Lower body
Slowly lower your body until your chest almost touches the ground.
To make push-ups easier, leave your knees on the floor—to make them harder, put your feet up on a step.
Step 6: Repeat
Do push-ups until your arms are ready to give out. Fortunately, you’re already on the floor, so relaxing is easy.
In 1956, at the age of 42, Jack Lalanne set a world record of 1,033 pushups in 23 minutes.
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Comments (4)
Cute and clever production (love kissing the bicep). Also spot on with info.
over 3 years ago by fritzie
Simply love the simplicity to explain how to do the push ups. Great piece of work!
over 2 years ago by calmontes
awww .... very useful video, so I'm going to do this and sit-up together. It's time to get healthy. :]
over 2 years ago by musik3r
this is very good, i am going to use this do help me do a push up.
over 2 years ago by tyedyeprincess
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