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Originally Posted by DanceDiva
Kate: Glad to "hear" you sounding better.
Where do you feel you made the most improvement?
WORKOUT A: Push-ups.
Originally, I started doing push-ups about 1½ years ago. But I was using the hands wider than shoulder position. When my arms would tire, I'd drop to knees. Then one day in kickboxing, the instructor asked us to do them with hands under shoulders, which she then progressed to putting 1 leg up in the air. After doing 2 with my hands under my shoulders, I immediately dropped to my knees. I've wanted to master these ever since.
I think I should have started on the floor instead of with 30°. This is because seems to me that the push-up requires both strength and forced muscle control (mental focus) to master. When you think the last one is going to fail, you have to push through this in order to make any progress.
Right before answering this question, I dropped to try some close-hand (triangle gap) push-ups and triceps push-ups on floor no knees. I did 4 right off the bat. I would have never just tried these if I hadn't figured that some of the strength and focus I got from doing the shoulder width ones would carry forward. However, I know that I would have to work up to doing more than 4 and now I know how.
It's funny because I just tried the T push-ups and I didn't find then harder than the straight ones. I think it's because I've done side planks and was comfortable in that position.
Any way, I shouldn't be doing stuff w/o warming up, so I'm going to quit.
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Gotcha, and I agree, too. Hands-under-shoulders push ups are way harder, and I tend to go with a wider stance; I tell myself that this is to increase my ROM, but maybe I'm a weenie. I'm determined to someday do a 1-handed push up and to bench press my bodyweight-- with my back the way it is, I might suddenly have a lot more time on my hands to work on these! I also didn't find the T-style much harder than regular, and am going to try them next week with a weight in each hand... maybe a combo Renegade Row with T-style push up...
I think push ups are such an important exercise, a true measure of strength AND kinesthetic awareness.
Good on you!