I have had a little bit improvements on my push ups..... not as much as i would like! My girly push up have totally improved, but I am still struggling with military push ups. Hopefully with time!

I did a round where I stayed in girly pushups. I then did a month of P90x where you do an insane amount of pushups, all with different hand placement. I found if my hands are under my shoulders I can do a lot, but when I move them down where they are under my chest I can't do them, or many. I was still doing girly style, but try moving your hands. I think I just don't have the chest strength and moving my hands up allowed me to use more shoulder.

I'm on week three and still doing them on my knees. I've never been able to do push-ups. I looked up how to do push-ups and am practicing. A couple of suggestions was to work on holding plank for a minute first. The next step was to just go as low as you can and hold it a bit then go back up, gradually getting stronger. I've seen other suggestions to start with wall push-ups.

I have noticed a lot of improvement though. I was really struggling with modified push-ups the first week.

Just keep at it. Ive been doing JM workouts since 2011 starting with 30 day shred, then No more trouble zones and in the beginning I did 4 straight and then the rest on my knees, now my pb is 27 straight push ups.

During my first round of the program I was doing the more complicated push up moves on my feet by the end. I do still sometimes need to go to my knees depending on what other moves are in the workout that might make my arms a little week. I am in my second round on my last week next week. I can say in Workout 11, there are three different push up moves (each in a different circuit thankfully.) I can do the crow pushups just fine in the beginning. By the time I get to the push up with the band, my arms feel taxed and I can only do a few. Forget about the last push up where you jump your hands out. I am too afraid to land on my face.

So I can do them, but no way can I do one armed. Also, I am not sure if my hands are in the best position. They may be out a little from my shoulders. It seems that way after I do a few anyway.

The best way to get better at doing push ups is to do them constantly during the day. When you wake up do 5 or set a goal, at some point do them during the day, even if you are standing and pushing off a wall, and then again at night do a few before bed. I am in the army, now the army reserves so I am trying to get back into the shape I use to be. Doing them a few times a day and setting a goal, maybe 5 per set the first week, 7 the next week and so on, has helped me in the past to prepare for a physical fitness test.

If you can work up to 50 modified knee push-ups, you'll be able to do military push-ups. Jillian does work and you will be doing push-ups

push up are hard. You have to lift all you body weight with your arms. You do get better at the end. I'm at week 11 and military push-up is much easier. I can do 10-11 out of 12 compare to 4 or 5 ( both on my feet). However, I have to say that the 3 step push-up is a KILLER! haha

haha Jillian is a push-up and plank freak hahah..You will get new challenge in 9 and 11 with the push-up you never thought you could do it that way.