@pastorjeff2u I could do only 2 to 3 as well. Now I can do 25 unbroken pushups, but after 25 my wrist starts to hurt a little. Is there a way I can alleviate the pain in my wrist or I can make them stronger?
P.S. I developed a cyst in my right wrist years back and recently it disappeared on its own.
@pastorjeff2u Thank you so much for this!! I have been struggling for so long just to do one and now I can do five of them no problem! Now I just want to keep doing them! Lol
@pastorjeff2u I always feel like I’m relying on my traps to do most of the grunt work. I can’t seem to engage my chest, but I will try your tip! Thanks
@pastorjeff2u The thing that helped me most with pressing on exercises is to focus on keeping your back tight and contracted rather than focusing on pushing. If you focus on pushing it's easy to let your scapula and shoulders protract, simply because it feels like you're pushing further when you do
@pastorjeff2u The same thing happened to me. My head was going too low when I was completing each pushup. My shoulders were hurting like crazy. Then I read this post about keeping your head up and keeping your shoulders parallel to the ground when going down. Thank God the pain stopped.
@seneca_s Yes, when you go down while doing a pushup, go only up to the point up to which your upper arm is parallel to the ground and keep your core tight.
@pastorjeff2u when doing hundreds of pushups form seems to go out the window at some point. then, when you've got nothing left strict form will get you a few more sets of 15 or 10.
@argona when you have no control over your core muscles due to extreme vertebrae injuries you're lucky to even exercise at all. still got better form than most people.
@pastorjeff2u I tried this, focusing on “turning” the hands, proper form, everything suggested here.
I just slammed out 6 push ups with proper form. Mind you, I was doing them at a slight incline, but before this, I could only do 3 slow and very uncomfortable push ups with elbows somewhat glaring out.
@pastorjeff2u If your elbows flair out or move away from your body during the movement point you fingers at 9 and 3 o clock. your elbows should stay relatively at your side the entire movement.
@pastorjeff2u You probably won't see this but wanted to say that this made me finally do my first push-up, and my shoulder pain is gone, you're amazing fam.
