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Hope your week is going great! Paul and I got home from NYC on Monday evening, so this week has been all about settling in and catching up – pretty busy week since we opened the enrollment to HockeySTRONG this week – so exciting!
Today I want to show you a great push up variation that will separate the athletes from the wannabees.
The Beautiful Push-Up
Push-ups are one of the most beautiful exercises you can find. It builds a strong chest, shoulders and arms while training your core and hip stabilizers – beautiful!
The variation I have for you today should only be attempted by athletes who can do at least 10 perfect push ups. If you are not there yet, then start working on them 2-3 times per week trying to add one rep per week. Make sure you balance them out with a pulling (rowing) exercise so you stay balanced in your muscular development.
Ultimate Push-Up Variation
This jacked up push-up version exponentially increases the load on your torso (core) and shoulder stabilizers. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
If you cannot see the video in the player above, simply click on the link
http://youtu.be/daSTWfRuBfg
Key Points…
- your torso needs to stay perfectly stable – if you are wiggling your hips side to side, you are not stabilizing
- make your feet a little wider than hip width and your hands shoulder width
- walk your hands out slowly – if you are taking quick steps you are cheating
- take small steps with your hands
- only go as far as you can stabilize – it won’t be that far to start with
- if you feel straining in your back, you are walking your hands out too far – you should just feel it in your shoulders and abs.
Start with 3×5 reps and build from there.
Happy training!
Cheers,
M
PS – we have opened enrollment for the Spring/Summer training programs at RevCon – spaces are filling fast, but if you are ready to take your game to the next level then email info@revolutionconditioning.com to set up your free try-out session.
