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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
If they aren't strong enough to do a pushup, then start them doing pushups at an angle. Hands on a bench or step risers.
I like the risers, because you can start lowering it, week by week, after they hit about 10-15 at that height.
The higher you go, the less weight on the hands, shoulders, chest, and core. So, you train the whole system to get strong enough at the same time. On the knees won't cut it. It's not the same movement.
Another thing. Newbies don't know to make their body rigid for pushups. Make sure that you train that or they'll sag all over, and get fewer reps. My ten year old went from 5 to 10 reps by stiffening up and using his whole body to do pushups. In the last few, even your toes, calves, and ass are helping to push you back up.
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I have to disagree with you on this. Using risers you are performing what is basically a decline bench press. You will see much faster progress training the flat bench concurrent with hip and ab exercises and then moving to flat pushups. If you try to do this with elevated pushups it's going to take forever and a day to get stronger.