Comments on: The Ultimate Push-up Guide: 35+ Push-up Exercises http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/21/push-ups-exercises/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clusterfuzz http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/21/push-ups-exercises/comment-page-1/#comment-113533 Clusterfuzz Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:48:13 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3790#comment-113533 I've recently started getting back into shape, and needed to really work the chest and back. So, I started doing an exercise in the doorway, similar to Charles Atlas push-ups, Stand back, feet together, two to four feet from an open doorway with your hands at about eye level flat on the door frame. Lower yourself, keeping your feet flat on the ground (flexing the Achilles tendon) so that your forearms are flush with the door frame, elbow to fingertips. Adjust hand height so you are comfortable. Keeping your spine straight, use you chest to pivot yourself forward and back. Always make sure you aren't stretching your shoulders too far. If you want a deeper exercise, simply keep your feet farther from the door frame. The burn the next day is intense in the chest and obliques! I’ve recently started getting back into shape, and needed to really work the chest and back. So, I started doing an exercise in the doorway, similar to Charles Atlas push-ups,

Stand back, feet together, two to four feet from an open doorway with your hands at about eye level flat on the door frame. Lower yourself, keeping your feet flat on the ground (flexing the Achilles tendon) so that your forearms are flush with the door frame, elbow to fingertips. Adjust hand height so you are comfortable. Keeping your spine straight, use you chest to pivot yourself forward and back.

Always make sure you aren’t stretching your shoulders too far. If you want a deeper exercise, simply keep your feet farther from the door frame. The burn the next day is intense in the chest and obliques!

]]> By: Jerome http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/21/push-ups-exercises/comment-page-1/#comment-113467 Jerome Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:15:09 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3790#comment-113467 I'm a big fan of shoulder shrug push-ups. You do it by keeping your elbows straight and moving your body up and down with your shoulders, kind of like a shoulder shrug in reverse. Great for the serratus. I’m a big fan of shoulder shrug push-ups.

You do it by keeping your elbows straight and moving your body up and down with your shoulders, kind of like a shoulder shrug in reverse.

Great for the serratus.

]]> By: Andy http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/21/push-ups-exercises/comment-page-1/#comment-113448 Andy Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:24:09 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3790#comment-113448 Actually, the planche pushups are not the ultimate pushups--look up 90 degree pushups. You go from planche position (body horizontal, only hands touching ground), to a handstand. Actually, the planche pushups are not the ultimate pushups–look up 90 degree pushups. You go from planche position (body horizontal, only hands touching ground), to a handstand.

]]> By: Thomas http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/21/push-ups-exercises/comment-page-1/#comment-112568 Thomas Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:35:11 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3790#comment-112568 great. collect them all! great. collect them all!

]]> By: The Electrifyingly Divine Prince of Smoothness http://artofmanliness.com/2009/07/21/push-ups-exercises/comment-page-1/#comment-112555 The Electrifyingly Divine Prince of Smoothness Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:08:22 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=3790#comment-112555 take two dumb bells with round weights and get into normal push-up position with the weights on the floor at level with your shoulders and roll them out. pull them back in, in the same fashion as you would do dumb bell flys. a video of this exercise is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1Bo_QBZ_c take two dumb bells with round weights and get into normal push-up position with the weights on the floor at level with your shoulders and roll them out. pull them back in, in the same fashion as you would do dumb bell flys. a video of this exercise is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm1Bo_QBZ_c

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