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Perfect Pushup Review: Is The Perfect Pushup Hit or Hype? | Fitness & Exercise Gadget Reviews by Matt C. Patient Expert Posted Sun 16 Nov 2008 10:51pm the body during the movement (provided you are doing them with correct form.) The pushup is also extremely versatile, letting you emphasize certain muscle groups by simple changes... The Perfect Pushup promises to help you achieve better results from your pushup workouts. But is the Perfect Pushup a hit or a just a bunch of hype? Product Reviewed Read on »
Bodyweight Exercise Series: Pushups, Pushups, Pushups! by Mark D. Healthy Living Professional Posted Tue 12 Jan 2010 8:02pm Close-grip pushups, pushups on stability ball, power pushups, regular pushups, incline pushups, decline pushups, uneven pushups....take your pick! Pushups are one of the all-time best bodyweight exercises. The pushup on medicine ball is a tough exercise that not everyone can do! Case in point: I was at the health club one day and a former Read on »
High Performance Training Without the Equipment: 6 More Pushup Variations by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted Fri 21 Jan 2011 5:45am is needed.  This means that when performed correctly, TRX pushups may have a place in a return-to-function protocol after rehab, or even simply as a deloading strategy in a strength... In yesterday’s post , I outlined the importance of including pushup variations in your strength training program and introduced five ways to progress this basic exercise Read on »
Push-ups for Baseball Players by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 4:41pm ) need to be coached on how to do a push-up correctly.  It isn’t as simple as “just do this,” as most of them will resort to incorrect technique.  With a good pushup, the upper... it’s definitely an adaptive change that we need to work to address. Push-ups (when done correctly) can be useful for activating the serratus anterior, and as a closed-chain exercise Read on »
HPTP (Day 1, Week 2): Even With No Pushups for Two Plus Weeks, I Still Feel Like An Invincible Pushup Machine! by Corey I. Patient Expert Posted Tue 22 Jul 2008 8:21pm So my latest idea is to do my pushups on the same days as my runs. I figure that since both workout programs are supposed to be done 3 days a week, it just makes more sense to synchronize the days of these workouts. Plus, that way, it'll be easier to remember to do my pushups! (The running usually gets done, but it often takes more resolve for me to do Read on »
Alternating Pushups | Pushups by Scott W. Healthy Living Professional Posted Mon 15 Jun 2009 4:10pm Click to Play Fitness Training is for everyone, learn how to do push ups and other exercises and get in amazing shape with Personal Trainer Scott White http://www.personalpowertraining.net Buy the full DVD here and watch more videos: http://www.myweightworld.com Read on »
HPTP (Week 3 - Initial Pushups Test): Just Cranked Out 40 Pushups in a Row! by Corey I. Patient Expert Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 8:12pm OK, since it's been -- Gasp! -- well over two whole weeks since my last pushups workout (i.e., Day 1 of Week 4 on 8/9/08), I decided to take another pushups test to gauge my strength before repeating Week 3. Well, I managed to do 40 consecutive pushups, which isn't too shabby. So, I think it's safe to say that I haven't lost too much Read on »
HundredPushups.com: 20 Girl-Style Push-Ups -- It's A Start! by Corey I. Patient Expert Posted Sat 18 Oct 2008 2:34pm for the hundredpushups.com strength-training plan. (Before I stated that I probably could do them; now, I had to test the theory to prove it was really true! ;-) ) The 20 pushups were part... authority from Cymrusteve that it's perfectly OK to do the girl-style pushups, so that's what I'll be doing. I could barely eek out 3 regular-style pushups, so that's certainly Read on »
Save Your Shoulders: Learn Your Push-Ups by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 3:25pm Q: I have a 9-years old daughter whom I try to challenge from time to time to do things like push-ups, chins, pull-ups, etc. She was showing me the pushups the way...? A: I probably spend 15-20 hours per year teaching kids how to do push-ups correctly when they're ages 15-18 because misinformed physical education teachers have taught them Read on »
All Hail the Push-Up by PJ S. Healthy Living Professional Posted Thu 16 Apr 2009 11:01pm the movement correctly and under control. If you are, try some of the more advanced push-up variations in the playlist linked to below for added difficulty (note, the woman in many Read on »