Pushups

confettibetti

Hi all! Just wondering what your thoughts are on "wall pushups" instead of "floor pushups"? I am not strong enough to do military style pushups yet, and doing it the other way hurts my knees... Is it as effective? I need to remove some.. ah-hem flab from my arms...:-) Thanks in advance!

You want to get rid of flab from your arms? Pushups aren't the best way to go - they mostly work your pecs, triceps and deltoids. Not that you shouldn't do them, but they won't help the most for what you want.

Ok! What is the best way to go? :happy:

Take a look at some of these exercises - they'll really work triceps (if you're concerned about the back of your arms): http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/finder/lookup/filter/muscle/id/10/muscle/triceps

If you think you have big arms overall, try kettle bell exercises.

Thank you thank you!

bleumanchu

Thanks!!! I just watched this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NFVD7-2dx0 and was able to do 10 in a row... what an accomplishment for me!!!

Way to go!

suelegal

I realized that my pushup form is not great. Check out this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiFdfDBY77g&feature=related

I think it's pretty helpful and is what I intend to do to relearn my form. I've just started New Rules of Lifting for Women. This program wants pushups with elbows at your side, which I can't do at all! So I'm moving backwards, but I think I will be better off relearning.

kaylurzz

Wall push ups are a great way to start. Floor push-ups hurt my wrists, so I usually stick to wall ones.

ShannonMpls

And the wall doesn't engage your core muscles where the real power needed for a push up is. If you go to a gym I do my pushups on the Smith Machine and just keep lowering the bar as I get stronger. Works great!

This is exactly how I started. You can also use a bench or step with risers (or your own stairs, actually). These keep the line/angle of your body consistent to floor pushups; knees do not.

But any way you do them is better than not doing them at all