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Push Ups!

 Bryan Matott , United States  Jul 26, 2024

One of my responsibilites working with Global Fast Fit is to review incoming video submissions from all participants around the world. I think I have watched more people doing push ups then I would have ever imagined. 

Over this time period I have seen some unique approaches to form.  Often times its a matter of arm placement, whether narrow and close to your body, or wide and away from your body, both seem to have advantages and disadvantages.

A surpising attribute has been how people decide to hold their hands, I have seen hands forward, hands inwards (so difficult), fists (more difficult), and most recently a participant has entered 3 submissions doing push ups on their fingertips. The strength to do something like that must be phenomenal. Im not quite sure I can hold myself in position on my fingertips for any amount of time, let alone through a full set of push ups

Anyways, short thought on a long developing assessment.  Happy Push Ups!

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Gregor Rasp   9 months ago
Amazing! As with everything physical, it's a matter of training and, in this particular case, building up strength in the fingers. SAID is the fundamental principle of all training. It stands for Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand.

S. Sean Suvanadesa   9 months ago
It's such an incredibly unorthodox pushup position. I find it even more impressive that it doesn't even seem to faze him as he's doing the pushups and that he does everything as slowly and consistently as possible.