What kind of push ups are hardest to do??

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  • Vipecap
    Vipecap Posts: 166 Member
    No love for one-finger push-ups?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfMfBcRItLM
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    planche are definitely hardest. Idk what they're called, but my husband does hand-stand like pushups. You're almost completely vertical with your feet just touching the wall for balance. They look pretty hard, not that I've ever tried them myself.
  • Snikkee
    Snikkee Posts: 295 Member
    ok ... maybe I am pronouncing it wrong, an possibly spelling my version of it wrong then...

    Planche=plank?
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    I'll raise you a one handed hand stand pushup?

    One of these looks pretty impressive too!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=8I7PMeoE2c0
  • BoatReadyBody
    BoatReadyBody Posts: 376
    Half crow... :) love em
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    A planche pushup is one where you hold a planche (body/feet off and parallel to the ground supported by hands, kind of like a sideways handstand) and do a push up while holding that position.
    how the hell we do plane push ups??
    To do it, you must hold a planche then do a push-up.


    Is that like a pike push up then?

    Not at all, youtube it.
  • Snikkee
    Snikkee Posts: 295 Member
    YouTubed planche push ups.. and holy crap... wow.. that takes some strength... just to even hold yourself in that position. hands down hardest push up ever
  • lukester19
    lukester19 Posts: 72 Member
    Great thread. I never heard of the planche lol. Guess I have something to work toward now.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,353 Member
    planche

    This. A full planche pushup is probably the hardest you could aspire to do.
  • romach79
    romach79 Posts: 277 Member
    Are the planche's the ones where your arms are extended out from your head and your toes are pointed and you kind of lift yourself from the middle? If it is we used to call those Japanese push ups - never could do one without cheating its a killer
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    Are the planche's the ones where your arms are extended out from your head and your toes are pointed and you kind of lift yourself from the middle? If it is we used to call those Japanese push ups - never could do one without cheating its a killer

    just did all one but thats cos i was coming down :D
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    Declined push-ups (feet on a chair or weight bench, hands on floor) will engage more of your body weight, hence making it more challenging. I am not certain of the exact percentage, but I think it engages 70% of your body weight!

    well not really when you are habtual to push ups sugar..it gets easy:D
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    Great thread. I never heard of the planche lol. Guess I have something to work toward now.

    that when u lift lower bod ha
  • DMZ_1
    DMZ_1 Posts: 2,889 Member
    No love for one-finger push-ups?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfMfBcRItLM

    That looks really difficult. I think we have a winner!
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    i don't think i could ever do the planche. but there was one i finally got that i always thought was the toughest. you have your hands a little closer than shoulder with, drop down to where your arms are tucked in tight to your body at a 90. slowly lower your elbows down to the ground(kinda like a skull crusher where the floor would be the weight), lift your body back up using only your arms to get them back to a 90 by your side, push to the top.
  • John2347
    John2347 Posts: 336 Member
    one handed finger pushups on rings with your feet elevated on stability balls
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    I was gonna say decline until I looked up "planche"! Woah!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,086 Member
    The one's Bruce Lee did.

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  • Mighty_Rabite
    Mighty_Rabite Posts: 581 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fML2u24qvTg

    I've often seen this referred to as the hardest push up in the world.

    It is indeed tough but personally I have a harder time with planche push ups than these.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    band resisted pushups are pretty tough.
  • darwinforyou
    darwinforyou Posts: 988 Member
    I'm doing the 100 push-up challenge right now.....I'm working more on quantity till I switch up to another style.
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    I was gonna say decline until I looked up "planche"! Woah!

    ha declines r easy
  • LindaGTaylor
    LindaGTaylor Posts: 260 Member
    As question say, what type of push ups are hardest to do? Explosive push ups, inclined push ups or any other?name 'em!:D

    For me it's the plank....
  • LindaGTaylor
    LindaGTaylor Posts: 260 Member
    planche


    All I can say is ouch!

    :noway:
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    planche


    All I can say is ouch!

    :noway:

    ha thats wat i said
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    Half crow... :) love em

    all these fancy names! how we do that?
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    dive bomber push ups. yikes.

    i once did that on one chick..
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fML2u24qvTg

    I've often seen this referred to as the hardest push up in the world.

    It is indeed tough but personally I have a harder time with planche push ups than these.

    Superman pushups I think they're called an no way are they the hardest! II've done 11 of them (drunk :laugh:) and no way can I do a planche pushup.

    I reckon.
    1. planche
    2. one finger
    3. 2 finger
    4. 3 finger
    5. handstand pushup
    6. superman pushup

    and then the rest that are relatively easy compared to these. Don't think I've missed any.
  • FloyMcCaudie
    FloyMcCaudie Posts: 1,132
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fML2u24qvTg

    I've often seen this referred to as the hardest push up in the world.

    It is indeed tough but personally I have a harder time with planche push ups than these.

    Superman pushups I think they're called an no way are they the hardest! II've done 11 of them (drunk :laugh:) and no way can I do a planche pushup.

    I reckon.
    1. planche
    2. one finger
    3. 2 finger
    4. 3 finger
    5. handstand pushup
    6. superman pushup

    and then the rest that are relatively easy compared to these. Don't think I've missed any.

    well i do handstands!? that planche one is rly hard and ye u havent missed any ha
  • Yogi_Carl
    Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
    Those of you who can do a Planch - I guess your hands are placed in the same position as a regular push-up but lower down to your waist for balance?

    Have you tried the yoga Peacock posture? It is like a planche but the wrists are forward and you balance on a bent arm to 90 degrees - elbows into your core.

    I've got as far as doing this as a Plank and working on getting my feet off the ground - aint easy!
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