How To Do Proper Push Up

A basic push up exercise is an effective way to strengthen the chest and arm muscles. And guess what? The most simple and basic push up exercise require no other equipment other than your own body weight and your arms. In fact, this particular exercise can be done anywhere you want like at home, office or at recreational park. 

So, you don't even have to go to the gym since it is very convenient for you to do it at any place you want with no cost involved at all. For this entry, i will explain on how you can do proper push up exercise. Now, let us get started! 

Step 1

Get yourself into the push up position. This means you need to be in a face-down position on the floor. During this time, you need to keep your feet together and your weight should be on your chest. 

Step 2 

After done with step 1, you then need to position your hands palm-down on the floor and it must be shoulder width apart. In other words, your hands should be placed next to your shoulders with your elbows pointed towards your toes. 

Step 3

You now need to curl your toes in upward position in which means the toes need to be pointed towards your head and the balls of your feet should touch the ground. 

Step 4

Raise yourself using arms. During this period, your weight should be supported by your hands and the balls of your feet. And remember to keep the "plank" position; meaning you need to keep your body in a rigid straight line from your head to your heels. As the push-up started at this stage, you need to keep raising and lowering your body at a considerable timing depends on your target set.

Keep your head down and breathe in as you raise and breathe out as you lower down your body. And do not drop your hips, keep the flat and rigid plank position as you do this exercise. 

Mind the hands position too as it can effect certain muscles part when you implementing push up while in the plank position. Please be informed that the closer you put your hand together, the more you will engage your triceps and the wider apart they are, the more you will engage your chest. So, be wise to know and choose which style that you really need to work on.