Help with push-ups! Please!

Google for wrist exercises on Youtube?

I would suggest getting some of those push-up "handles" that you put on the floor (sorry, not sure of the proper name). They allow you to do pushups without having your wrists bent at a 90-degree angle.

This might help, if the problem is the way she bends her wrists. But if her wrists are too weak, then this isn't going to help.

EDIT - maybe others are right. The push-up handles are worth a try, at least.

You could also try making fists and doing pushups that way instead of hands flat on the floor. I seem to get a nasty bible bump on my wrist if I do too many regular pushups, so I alternate with knuckle pushups.

I would try push-up bars or you can use dumbbells as push-up bars

Are you starting from scratch..ie: floor push ups? I found them extremely difficult to begin with and started doing push ups from the wall, then the kitchen counter, then the coffee table, the lower stairs etc....until to the floor. That may help strengthen your wrists as you get used to doing them?

Try following this:

http://scoobysworkshop.com/zero-to-100-pushups-for-complete-beginners/

It eases you into doing them slowly. I just started this today myself!

Try following this:

http://scoobysworkshop.com/zero-to-100-pushups-for-complete-beginners/

It eases you into doing them slowly. I just started this today myself!

Thanks so much!

Do pushups on your knuckles, and start on your knees (with your back straight, for the love of God) if you're not strong enough to do them from plank position. Doing them on your knuckles will both protect and strengthen your wrists.

This, especially doing them on your knees. Gotta build up the strength first. I was doing knee pushups, too. Trust me, as a guy doing knee pushups in the gym, it can be a little embarrasing. But I did them, and now I'm stronger and can do regular, "manly" pushups again.

Try standing further from the wall, that will put you at a greater angle and you will feel the push-up far better. I started with wall push-ups (100) and have gradually moved further from the wall and I also do three types of push-ups. Hands straight up and down hands from the inside to the outside and hands together in a diamond shape, that way you are working different muscles:)

You could also try making fists and doing pushups that way instead of hands flat on the floor. I seem to get a nasty bible bump on my wrist if I do too many regular pushups, so I alternate with knuckle pushups.

This is what I do. I also use dumbbells in lieu of push-up bars. Good luck!

In your profile pic you are holding a baby... New mama? New mamas are notorious for having wrist issues, carpal tunnel, etc. This may be temporary and due to the awkward ways we hold babies

If not - push up handles for sure, or try your knuckles - use a thick pilates mat or two yoga mats for that though.

Yoga will help. You use your wrists a lot - down dog, etc. Plus the only reason I can do pushups now is all of the "yoga pushups" I have done.

make sure you're hands are shoulder width apart and make sure your wrist crease is facing forward. Make your clavicle smile and lower, and push up. This is how its explained in yoga, it helps me.

Yoga would definitely help.

Align your wrists to be just under your shoulders and your wrist creases facing forward, then press all four fingers and thumb into the floor or mat so you can see them turning slightly white.

Then suck the middle - the palm of both hands upward as if there is a hot coin under each palm. This causes the energy to draw upward through your arms to the shoulders, rather than your weight sinking down your arms through flattened hands. As you push up, keep your hands drawing up and let your elbows brush your ribs instead of splaying them outward.

If you align your hands and arms in this way, pull your shoulders down your back and tuck your pelvis forward you should find your push-ups feel much stronger. You may not be able to do as many push-ups this way, but they will be real ones.

Hope this helps.