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Push · Beginner
Push-Up
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- Pattern
- Push
- Level
- Beginner
- Equipment
- Body weight, Bench or box (to make it easier)
Coaching cues
- Put your hands under your shoulders.
- Make a straight line from your head to your heels.
- Lower your chest toward the floor.
- Push the floor away to come back up.
- Too hard? Put your hands up on a bench.
Common mistakes
- Hips sag down toward the floor.
- Elbows point straight out to the sides.
- Only going part of the way down.