It’s time to Take it To the Next Level by saying goodbye to girlie push-ups forever!
How to progress from a modified push-up to a full push-up
#1. Believe in your own strength: You are stronger than you think. You DO have the strength to perform a full push-up, whether you think you do or not. It just takes practice.
#2. Take the training wheels off: For push-ups this translates as take your knees off the ground. If you never take the training wheels off you’ll never learn how to ride a bike, right?
#3. Modify without putting your knees on the ground:
- Push-up Modification Level 1: Hands on the wall
- Push-up Modification Level 2: Hands on high rail or bench
- Push-up Modification Level 3: Hands on low bench
#4. Practice 1/2 of the push-up: Practice lowering yourself to the floor with control (from a full push-up position). Once you reach the floor, push pack into child’s pose. From child’s pose come back to a push-up position to start over. Repeat 10 times.
Bonus: Try this Move to Improve your Push-ups to increase core strength.
Today might just be the new definition of the perfect day. It’s a day that has me wishing Labor Day could be postponed and summer could be extended.
I’ve been celebrating the good weather all week by taking my workouts to the next level. Yesterday, instead of doing 4 hill repeats I did five.
Here are few things you can try this weekend to take it to the next level.
#1 Download my hot summer playlist as featured in Vital Juice (Click the photo below).
#2 Ditch your ordinary push-up for a “single leg push-up with a curl“.
For more info on staying fit, check out my tips featured on AOL’s Lemondrop: At Work, Happy Hour or Home — How to Avoid Extra Calories All Day Long.
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The winner of the Yoga Anywhere: The New York Sessions DVD is Caronea who said “I love doing yoga in exciting places! I do it in the park all the time (strangers always say really nice things to me while doing it too!) and have done it on the beach, in the backyard, all over the house and apartment, etc. Nothing too crazy, but maybe one day”
