cannot do push ups :(
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rachylouise87
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i am really struggling i have no upper body strength. even modifying is too hard. any tips?
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light dumbbells, Lye on back and press them.0
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I started by just trying to do one. Use your whole body and try to brace your feet on a wall behind you. Don't get hung up about going to low just focus on your arms bending at the elbow enough to suspend you and then go back up. Try for 3-5 your first day and then go for 10. Practice everyday and add sit-ups to your routine to increase your core strength. also its mental. Kick that 1 push-up's *kitten*.0
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keep your feet on the ground, but elevate your upper body, basically doing an incline pushup. Increase the incline until you can do the pushups with sufficient difficulty. Use things like stairs, chairs, tables, walls, etc.0
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Keep working. Pushups are hard, especially if you haven't built up your upper body strength. Practice, practice, practice.
You may want to try hand release pushups, too. Start face down with your hands flat on the floor in pushup ready position. Push up until you are off the floor, but activate your core so that you are pushing straight up (not wiggling up, or take a cobra position to get up). Stay activated until you are down and do it again.
You can modify on your knees, too, but it sounds like that is what you are doing.
Ultimately, you just have to keep at it. It's not going to come overnight.0 -
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thanks i use my knees going into lower plank but my arms give way after maybe 2? so embarassing. i will try the elevating the upper body0
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rachylouise87 wrote: »thanks i use my knees going into lower plank but my arms give way after maybe 2? so embarassing. i will try the elevating the upper body
Don't be embarrassed. Everyone started somewhere!0 -
As you go through the pushing movement, visualize a giant ball in your hands and push away and ever so slightly inward with a tiny bit more pressure on the outer edges of your hands, as if you are squeezing it away from you. I once saw it explained in a video as imagining that the Earth is a huge ball that you are pushing away from you.
Also, the grease the groove method is very helpful as well. Throughout the day, do mini sets of push-ups. Even if you aren't doing full push-ups you can do this. So if you can do 3 incline pushups, try doing 1 or 2 six to eight times during the day. Gradually build up how many you are doing in each set and at a certain point you change the incline (lower it) and then move on to full push-ups.0 -
rachylouise87 wrote: »thanks i use my knees going into lower plank but my arms give way after maybe 2? so embarassing. i will try the elevating the upper body
do them on the wall.
then do them on the desk
then do them on a chair
if you have stairs- you can work down stair by stair as you get stronger.
Doing knee push ups is not as effective as you would think- because- as you noted- you give out and you lose training moments.
Start higher- work your way down.0 -
rachylouise87 wrote: »thanks i use my knees going into lower plank but my arms give way after maybe 2? so embarassing. i will try the elevating the upper body
do them on the wall.
then do them on the desk
then do them on a chair
if you have stairs- you can work down stair by stair as you get stronger.
Doing knee push ups is not as effective as you would think- because- as you noted- you give out and you lose training moments.
Start higher- work your way down.
Then you can do them everwhere!
Sorry, couldn't help myself. This is so...Seussy.0 -
i tried the sofa but it was a little too low i couldnt do it. i will try the stairs later0
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rachylouise87 wrote: »i tried the sofa but it was a little too low i couldnt do it. i will try the stairs later
Start against the wall, build up gradually. If you keep at it you will improve. As you get stronger move your feet farther from the wall, then move to either stairs or a sofa / stable desk or table etc.
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On a side note... there is definite benefit to only doing 2 reps at a time, so don't assume that if you can only do 2 that it's not worth doing. Something like 10 reps against the wall, then 5 reps on a stair, then 2 reps on the floor would be a pretty killer routine.0
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rachylouise87 wrote: »i am really struggling i have no upper body strength. even modifying is too hard. any tips?
Stick with modified, and keep trying.
Do weighted negatives.
Really though, how do you get yourself off the ground?-2 -
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It's the return of crap trolling.
Some people on other websites must be bored or school's out for Christmas...0 -
It's the return of crap trolling.
Some people on other websites must be bored or school's out for Christmas...
Ahhh, yes. I forgot the little kids are out.0 -
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It's the return of crap trolling.
Some people on other websites must be bored or school's out for Christmas...
you can suck a wank you no good selfish *kitten*camerondavies2 wrote: »
It's the return of crap trolling.
Some people on other websites must be bored or school's out for Christmas...
yes those hooligans
Will this trolling get any better?
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