How should you do push-ups?

Many people can exercise their bodies through push-ups, while some people do push-ups to exercise their chest muscles. Regardless of the purpose, push-ups are a very beneficial exercise for our bodies. There are many different ways to do push-ups, and each has a different level of difficulty. So what is the correct way to do push-ups? The editor has collected eight correct ways to do push-ups. Let me introduce them to you now.

1. General push-ups

This type of push-up is the most commonly used push-up. It requires hands slightly wider than shoulders, feet together, chest up, and tighten waist and abdomen. Then, bend elbows to let the center of gravity drop to a position where the chest is almost 1 cm close to the ground. Pause for a moment, and then concentrate the strength of the pectoralis major to push up quickly. This type of push-up is the most commonly used one, and it mainly exercises the pectoralis major muscles.

2. Narrow Grip Push-ups

This narrow push-up is based on the "normal push-up", with the distance between the hands being the same width as the shoulders or narrower than the shoulders. The other postures are the same as the "normal push-ups". Narrow-grip push-ups mainly exercise the middle seam of the pectoralis major and the triceps in the arms.

3. Wide-grip push-ups

This wide-grip push-up is based on the "normal push-up", with the hands much wider than shoulders. The other postures are the same as the "normal push-ups". Wide-grip push-ups primarily work the lateral pectoralis major and shoulders.

4. Push-ups

This type of push-up is based on the "normal push-up". It uses the power of the pectoralis major muscles to control the body's center of gravity and make the body rise and fall left and right. When doing this type of push-ups, you can first move your body's center of gravity from the left side to the right side, and then from the right side to the left side. This type of push-up is very effective in stimulating the pectoral muscles, especially the outer side of the pectoralis major. Of course, doing this type of push-ups requires the practitioner to have a certain degree of control.

After reading the editor’s introduction to the correct ways of doing these types of push-ups, I believe everyone has understood how to practice push-ups. The effectiveness of push-ups does not depend on how hard you push them, but on whether you do them correctly. Push-ups can also be used to tighten the abdominal muscles and make our body look more beautiful. But you need to do some warm-up exercises before exercising so that you can practice push-ups better.