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Perfect Pushup




This requires the PERFECT PUSHUP. A link to it is available on our EQUIPMENT PAGE. It involves rotating your arms as you do a pushup, working not only your chest but entire upper body and core muscles.

Required Equipment

  1. Perfect Pushups

Muscles Targeted (In order of impact)

  1. Chest
  2. Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders, Core Muscles

How to do Them

  1. Place the Perfect Pushup handles on the floor, roughly shoulder width apart.

  2. Get into a raised pushup position, holding onto the handles.

  3. Make sure your thumbs are facing inwards, as if you were holding onto a barbell.

  4. Lower yourself down, twisting your hands 90 degrees outwards. When you are at the bottom of the pushup, your thumbs should be facing upward.

  5. Push yourself back up, twisting your hands back to their starting position.

  6. Repeat

  7. To see a scan with pictures of how to perform this exercise, click HERE (To save a copy to your computer: Right Click - Save Target As)

Tips

  • Keep your hands slightly wider than shoulder width
  • Keep your back, neck and legs in a straight line
  • Keep you head looking in front of your (Keep your ears above your shoulders)

How Many to Do

  • When your purchase the PERFECT PUSHUPS, you get a chart with detailed instructions on a recommended workout schedule and the number of reps to do. As with any workout, it is important to constantly challenge yourself and their workout has great information on how and when to increase your reps and difficulty.
  • You can see a scan of the workout HERE (To save a copy to your computer: Right Click - Save Target As)

Variations

  • Less Difficult: Place your knees on the ground
  • More Difficult: Place your feet up on a chair or bench. When you are in the "up" with your arms straight, your body should roughly be parallel to the ground.