Hey everyone, in this video we're going to be walking you through a proper
technique for doing a push up.
So I have Andre here who's going to lead
by example.
I'll be giving cues throughout this video
as he shows us proper form for a push up.
So to get started, he's starting in a
plank position.
So his wrists are under his elbows which
are under his shoulders.
Everything's in one straight line.
His body is also in that plank position in one straight line.
His neck is neutral so his neck isn't being, he's not drooping his head towards
the floor and it's not being propped up.
His eyes are directly looking at the floor.
His hands are placed just slightly wider than shoulder width.
His feet are pretty much hip width apart, just in a comfortable position on the
balls of his feet.
So this is the starting plank position
before he's going to lower down into a push up.
So his elbows are pointing back.
His whole body moves down in one straight
line and as he pushes up, everything is continuously in one straight line.
So his neck maintains that neutral position.
His spine maintains the neutral position.
His core is engaged.
His butt is tight, keeping everything in
that one straight line.
And if we wanted to make a modification,
he would drop down to his knees and all of those same rules apply.
So everything is going down.
His chest is touching the floor first so
he's leading with his chest.
He's not trying to dip his head and
trying to touch with his head.
And if you did that, his shoulders would
be pointing, like his scapulars would be pointing out and he wouldn't be moving in
a proper straight line.
So the modification here is just to drop
down to your knees but you can continue with those same cues.
Alright!