Push ups

newcs

start doing incline push-ups - ie. with the same form you would if parallel to the ground, place your hands against the wall, keep your elbows in and lower your body towards the wall.

repeat.

over time you will find you can increase the angle so you are lower and lower down the wall, or off a table.

eventually you will reach ground level, and after that, raise your legs on something......

This is the best way I've found. I used a bench at the gym. You can also do regular pushups but do them shallow so you don't go all the way down. Then just gradually increase how low you get. Sometimes even just holding at the top of what would be a pushup can help you develop those muscles too (similar to planks but different hand position).

kathleennf

It was my goal for my 50th birthday because i had never ever in my entire life been able to do ONE. I did first the girly knee ones then the ones on an incline as someone else suggested. Finally I made it - do to 3 on my birthday. Now, 7 months later I am doing 4 sets of 7, and still making progress!

Missylydia

Yup, practice.
What i did, when i couldn't even do one proper push up was work up to 3 sets of 20 girly ones
THEN I was able to do a few proper ones.
Keep doing them to failure and always do 3 sets.
THEN you will kick *kitten*!
:drinker:

NicoleSchimmel

I have an app on my Samsung Android phone. You enter how many you can do, and how many you want to do. It then sets up a routine for you. For example, on day one I did 24 push ups (5 push ups, 60 second break two times, then 6 push ups and a 60 second break, and then four push ups with a 60 second break totalling 24).

Search for push up apps on your phone.

eyeshuh

I also did wall then knee then full! You just have to do them until you can properly do them. I was pretty excited the first time I could do full push-ups for the 30DS! Doing a full push-up without having to be on my knees was one of my first fitness goals.

You can do eet!

HMVOL7409

Practice; Just by doing them and building upperbody and core strength. Use to struggle about a year ago doing a few and in a recent crossfit wo I did 50 in a row with no issue.