I am speaking about training both aspects, but training them concurrently and separately. If someone can barely hold a plank and barely has the upper body strength to press themselves up, then why not break the components down and train them separately and with easier movements? Why not do this for a month and then go back to the pushup? Train the easiest movement and progressively move to complex. I have chosen this route from years of training older women who could do neither portion of the movement properly, which led to client frustration. After separating the components I was able to build confidence and then after a month or two we could go back to the pushup and viola, no issues.
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