Super Fitness Health Blog2 Push Up Variations for Your Clients to Try
Do you think it’s time to switch up your training regimen for a while?
Exercises using your bodyweight work well but they are greatly underutilized. With gravity, you can use the weight of your body as a resistance to build dense, powerful muscle.
For a long time now, push ups have been used by hundreds to develop a great body. This is because they help develop endurance and strength in your upper body. They do a great job of building your chest, tricep, and shoulder muscle groups.
The difficulty comes after you do the same regular push ups for an extended period of time. You end up hitting what’s called a plateau where your muscles get used to the exercise and stop developing.In order to avoid this from happening, you must incorporate some variation into your training routine. So, to help you out, I’ve come up with a series of push up variations you can immediately incorporate into your workout routine. Here are two of them:
T Push Up
Of all best push up variations, this one tops my list. It works well because it adds balance and stabilization into the mix. Start in a regular push up position. Explode up (as if you’re trying to push the ground away) and turn your body to one side. If done right, you should be balancing on the side of your lower foot and one hand. As you balance and extend the other hand high up above you, your body will be in the shape of a T. Face forward on your way down and perform the next repetition facing the other side.
Medicine Ball Push Up
Medicine balls are an excellent tool to add a need for balance into your exercise routine. It also allows for a greater range of motion for each repetition. This results in the muscles being induced to more stress which results in greater muscular growth. With the addition of a medicine ball, get into your regular push up position. Put one hand on top of the medicine ball and do one push up repetition. After pushing back up, roll the medicine ball to your other hand and perform another repetition. Continue rolling the ball from hand to hand for the entire set.
If you are interested, there is more in-depth list of push up variations you can try. It’s important to always add some variation to your push up routine so your body is constantly challenged.
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