Anyone who has exercised knows that these are the correct push-up positions.

Push-ups are a common form of exercise in life, but most people don’t know much about this exercise method. So what is the correct push-up posture?

Push-ups with elbows raised alternately

Also on the basis of push-ups, raise your elbows to the left and right after doing push-ups, which mainly exercises the practitioner's pectoral muscles, deltoid muscles, latissimus dorsi, abdominal muscles, etc., while also exercising the practitioner's coordination.

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.

Prone knee push-ups

Practicing prone push-ups requires us to keep moving one hand forward, and then do push-ups, while lifting one foot and moving the knee forward, as close to the elbow joint of the arm on the same side as possible. This type of push-up is mainly used to exercise the chest muscles, abdominal muscles, etc.

Narrow Grip Push-ups

This kind of narrow push-up can be performed on the basis of push-ups. We adjust the distance between our hands to be the same as shoulder width or narrower than shoulder. The posture is the same as push-ups. Narrow-grip push-ups are generally used to exercise the middle seam of the pectoralis major and the triceps in the arms.

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

Jumping push-ups

This type of push-up requires you to use the strength of your arm muscles, chest muscles, waist and abdominal muscles, etc. on the basis of doing push-ups. At the same time, you can exert force to make your body instantly fly into the air, and then return to the starting position. This type of push-up mainly exercises the explosive power of the chest muscles, abdominal muscles, arms, etc., and has relatively high requirements for the practitioner.