Two Simple Tips To Help Your Get Better And Stronger At Doing Push Ups

The push up is a simple exercise but it is more difficult than people give it credit for.

It works the muscles of you chest, front of your shoulders and the back of your upper arms.

​Done correctly it can help men develop a lean, chiselled chest and it can help women tone their shoulders and arms as well as increasing their upper body strength.

The biggest mistakes with the technique are the following:

• Hands placed too far in front of the shoulders
• Elbows flaring out to the side
• Dropping the lower back and hips when you do the push up
• Not performing the exercise through the correct range of motion
• Shooting the head forward which makes your neck posture worse

Here in this short video, I will show you two simple techniques to use to improve your strength and prevent injury down the line.

Enjoy and feel free to share if this helps a friend or colleague with their training.