How Low Should You Go in a Push Up #calisthenics

How low should you go in a push up? Well it’s not when your elbows get to ninety degrees. It’s not when your stomach touches floor and it’s not when your nose touches the floor. A full push – up is when your chest, stomach and quads touch the floor and that is why hand release push up is the only type of push up you should be doing.

[JohnSmith-ctjd]

Going all the way down only stretches out your shoulder joint. It really doesn't add much to muscle tension, only joints. Go until your shoulders are at least as low as your elbows.

[xuxienwa]

Negative. No. Wrong. Military pushups are the standard 💯

[testtacles]

Nope... You're breaking tension from your muscles when you raise your hands off the floor. Tension under load. I rest my hands on a pair of dumbbells That way I can lower myself even further

[LGHTofc]

Those kind of push ups are good but your releasing tension of your chest and tricep and for muscle growth and endurance you should do negative push-ups since they are great at keeping tension and better failure result but that’s just my opinion

[wiz]

Muscle will be relaxed when you touch floor...

[kzarkage]

Watching all of these I realized that everyone of you has a different version of the *right* pushup

[bornyrago]

The question is:
"How low can your voice go"

[copyrighted]

I used to go down until my balls touched the floor

[rockgomes]

You've got a nice, calm, manly voice dude
Which country are you from???

[laerendor]

Full release feels way better but that dusty floor tho

[cellcenter]

Completely agree until you said hand release. Got a good reason why?

[aetherblackbolt]

Is this still true for very overweight people who's stomach touches the floor far before the chest or quads?

[Lipitorattila]

Thank you bro, that helped me so much

[carlodurian]

just use parallettes and elevate your feet...

[mistershift]

Might work for you but I’ll stick to my handles for the 20 cm range of motion increase

[basicmeme]

No.
For competition it's elbows 90°.
For hypertrophy just when chest touches

[philmoreno]

Just push up and slow the fuck down! Lol
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[philmoreno]

I don't trust any a advice from a guy who fixes his hair like a woman. Lol