Mastering the Push-Up
WHY PUSHUPS ARE SO HARD? PUSHUPS can be challenging because they require you to lift a significant portion of your body weight (60-75 percent) of your overall mass using your chest, shoulders and triceps, Most people ignore this, but a proper form is of the outmost importance and maintaining a straight-line from the head to the heels is absolute key in the workout. But here are some tips to get your pushups right on track. Warming up: A lot of us shun this but warming is a form of muscle relief exercise that prepares the body for the intense workout laid out for the day. Some believe in going straight to the workout, others believe in normal stretches but that is not true. Why? Warming up is never the same as stretching and this is because warming up Involves activities that get the heart pumping, which gives the body and mind the alertness it needs to prepare for the workout. Whereas, stretching is the cool down mobility exercise after the workout. Do not confuse this because doing ar...