Newsflash: Your push-up ability isn’t limited to how strong your arms are. Sure, upper body strength has a lot to do with it, but there is a lot more to the push-up than that. There are lots of other muscles involved, it can be progressed or regressed numerous ways, and it’s one hell of an exercise worth your time. “Girly” push-ups, …
Form Fix: The Pilates Push-up
Call me vain but there’s nothing I love more then some well-shaped arms and a strong back when I’m cruising through San Diego in a sleeveless tee. However, a nice looking upper body is useless if you don’t have any strength to go with it, which is why I’m a die-hard push-up fan. For those struggling with the Pilates push-up, here’s …
Master the push-up, once and for all (Part 1)
Once upon a time, I was knocking out some push-ups at the gym, feeling strong AF when my coach walks over and says “bring your arms a little closer,” and then walked away. I did as instructed and holy hell, I could barely get in three solid push-ups after that! Yup, I got schooled on an exercise I considered myself …