STOP DOING PUSHUPS LIKE THIS | 10 Worst Mistakes!

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The pushup is not only one of the most commonly performed exercises, but one of the ones that gets performed incorrectly most often as well. In this video, I am going to show you the 10 most common mistakes when comes to doing pushups and how to avoid them so that you perform them properly every single time.

The first mistake when learning how to do a pushup is not performing the exercise through its full range of motion. In order to get the benefits of the pushup to build muscle, you have to make sure that you are bringing your chest all the way down to the floor and extending your arms to full lockout at the top. This will allow for the most muscle activation and growth. Don’t worry about the dangers of lockout unless you are making mistake number 9. It's part of proper push-up form.

The second mistake when it comes to the pushup is not reaching the ground with your chest first. Often enough, people will allow their hips to sag through the pushup, meaning that below the waist will hit the ground first. On the other hand, keep the hips high means that the head will reach the ground first. To correct this, keep the lower back in a neutral position by assuming a posterior pelvic tilt. This will ensure that your hips are neither too high or too low, allowing your proper target point to reach the ground first.

Next, neck positioning could be hindering your ability to grow muscle using the pushup due to it’s ability to cut the range of motion once again. By craning your neck, you are creating the illusion of being close enough to the ground which means that your chest has not reached the ground. Make sure to keep your neck as neutral as possible throughout the movement!

The fourth most common mistake is having the wrong width with hand placement. While everyone’s placement will be slightly different, there is a way to find the one that is best for you. Laying face down on the ground, simply reach your arms overhead and then slide them down until your elbows are at about 45-60º. From here, slide your hands down to about shoulder height and press your body up.

This mistake, while relating to your hands, will have serious repercussions on your shoulders if you don’t get it right. A proper pushup tutorial is going to make sure that your hands are rotated outwards, to about 2 o’clock. Having your fingers facing inwards and towards each other will flare your elbows and put your shoulders into internal rotation. Rotating your hands in might feel better for someone with wrist discomfort.

The sixth pushup mistake relates back to what I call the “Master Tip” that applies to every chest exercise. That is to unshrug your shoulders. By keeping your shoulders shrugged, you are losing key stability in the exercise as well as allowing the shoulders to dominate the movement. So, to make sure you get the most out of this exercise, keep your shoulder blades back and down throughout.

The next mistake you are making when doing pushups is directly related to the last one, regarding stability and muscle dominance; you have sloppy shoulder blade mechanics. You might have been told to protract the scapulae at the top of the movement, but the problem here is that you are now allowing the shoulders to take the brunt of the effort of the pushup. Keeping the chest in front of the delts is important if you are trying to build a bigger chest by doing pushups in the first place.

Mistake number eight is that your body path is wrong when doing pushups. Instead of going straight up and down, you want to push your body at an angle, similar to what you would do with a bench press. By slightly pivoting off your toes, you will be able to descend forward and then push yourself up and back. This will also allow you to keep your elbows stacked over your wrists, which is key for proper pushup mechanics.

Too often, in an effort to get more pushups done more quickly, we speed through out reps. This will either cut the range of motion down (as is mistake number one) or, if moving through full range of motion, adds velocity to lockout which can be problematic. Instead, take a 2 second approach; 2 seconds on the way down and 2 seconds on the way up. This will ensure full range of motion and remove velocity from the equation.

The final mistake on this list is one that I covered in detail in another pushup video that I will link for you below.

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athleanx
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I used to do 40-50 reps in one go, but never felt that burn down abdomen or in the chest, felt I'm missing something.
So I saw this tutorial of yours, corrected my form.
Do you know how many I did?
Just able to get 7 in one go, but believe me those were the best pushups I've done in my life. Thanks for this. Form is everything, not the reps.

ksaipraneethreddy
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0:06 1. full range motion
0:40 2. target zone
1:45 3. neck
2:18 4. width of the hands
3:28 5. hands, elbows and wrists
4:58 6. shoulders un-shrugged
5:46 7. shoulder blades
7:03 8. body path
8:06 9. speed
9:09 10. programming

You're welcome.

apemenlu
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They work the triceps, pectoral muscles, and shoulders. When done with proper form, they can also strengthen the lower back and core by engaging (pulling in) the abdominal muscles.👍

dailydoseofmedicinee
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I'm really glad you covered wrist pain. It's what really puts me off of push ups after a while. Great video thanks!

thedeathofaman
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absolutely love this level of form explanation. Learned a lot here. One of the best videos I've seen from yall, thanks!!

primalperry
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Perfect timing for this vid, thanks Jeff. Since week 2 of 1 below xero I started getting left shoulder impingement with the pushup variations, I have been doing your physio exercises from an earlier you tube episode and it has been helping, although I have had to hold back a bit when going to failure. It's training morning again, week 4 day 3 of 1 below, will try these tips now, awesome stuff, thanks again.

runems
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I've watched a bunch of your work. I've done a couple programs even. And somehow this is the most impactful video of yours I've seen. You've changed how I do pull ups and now push ups. Thank you.

nathanielbrengle
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This guy is such a legend, he goes over all the details that other trainers seem to neglect for some reason

MagicSwagget
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Clear, concise explanation without filler, good footage showing all I needed to see to correct my mistakes. Great video!

MadMaxBLD
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I’ve always had an issue of my elbows slightly popping when doing push-ups. His technique of aligning the elbows with my hands totally fixed that. I love his videos.

willicedoyle
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Man! I have struggled from wrist pain every time doing push-ups and with this video it’s gone! I’ve done 20+ with no pain and I felt it differently! It was so smooth and I felt power going out of my chest! Thank you!

alexanderselivanov
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Thanks for another excellent instruction, Jeff! I really learned a lot.

jumpskirt
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No 10min intro/sponsor BS, straight to the point, love it

CalikL
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I feel like i was lied to with the shoulder retracting and protracting tip. I’m glad you pointed that out because that was the main reason i never felt my chest being used until maybe 10-15 reps in.

basementdweller
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0:50 LMFAO! Many, MANY, "Floor F***ers" out there in my gym! HAHAHAHA!

BaddogSports
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I have made so many of these mistakes. THANK YOU!!! Thorough & detailed instructions!

slm_gt
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thank you so much, Jeff. I was just struggling with this too. I got a lot of wrist pain from doing the push-up wrong yesterday. I noticed the differences immediately after applying what you taught in this video. 👍 Impeccable timing

What-sfey
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Jeff you are a global treasure.you have helped me correct so much in my form of virtually every muscle group.having followed you for the last 4 yrs at 44 I am in the best shape of my life.please continue to do you. You are globally appreciated .thank you Jeff.

johngriffiths
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Love this ! I’ve been getting a lot of pain lately in my shoulders. These tips have given me the perfect push up

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