The RIGHT WAY to do Push Ups!
Start in a childs pose with heels about 2 inches from butt
Reach Arms all the way forward with hands AS WIDE AS THE MATT
Hands should be angled slightly outward, so the elbows can bend outwards at a 45 degree angle in the Push Up
When hands are in place, KEEP THEM THERE as you tuck butt under and pull body forward ALL THE WAY in front of your palms, until your butt is in a cat (Ninja Butt)
Before going down into Push Up, check that your shoulders are hovering over your fingertips
Before going down, take a moment to engage a "cat posture" (push shoulder blades apart, tuck tailbone under)
Keeping Shoulders Down From Ears, and a torque of pulling hands down towards feet (shoulders should be rotated slightly inwards from Lats being engaged, and elbows torqued slightly back) - you should feel like you're dragging your body forward until you're on your tippy toes - then and only then begin lowering in a negative (slow) pushup
GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR with as much control as possible - even if you fall! You are still building strength in the bottom of the pushup when you fall!
Lift your palms at the bottom (check that alignment is correct - you should feel shoulder blades squeeze together in a position where they are down and back), keeping fingertips on the floor, before pushing back up
Going back up, it is okay to snake it up - remember we are focusing on the negative only for building the majority of the strength (you will get some work out of the positive of course, but it's not the priority)
TRICK: in a different video I will demo this, but you can kip at the bottom by flicking your feet to your butt before slapping tops of legs on the floor to help with going back up. This is called a kipping pushup.
Cue: Ninja Butt!
