Push-Up Variations

Hi, I'm Chris Freytag. Pushups are a great sign of strength. As a matter of fact, you should be proud of yourself if you can even do a pushup but I'm going to show you several different variations that keep the workout fun and keep your mind in the game. Starting with a regular pushup you're going to place your hands onto the floor. Come on to your toes. Nice long spine, abdominals tight. The variation is always to drop your knees. That's your modification, if you'd like. When you come into the push-up let your elbows just gently go back bring yourself all the way down to the floor and all the way back up. And that's your regular pushup. Now we could add a punch to this pushup. I'm going to take my feet just a little wider to open up the base, come down. And when I come back up, punch it out with one arm then come down and punch it out with the other arm. Another variation would be to come into a side plank, do your pushup and then open up into a side T plank. Of course coming to the other side, also. And you can keep varying them and you can always modify on your knees. Another pushup, the down dog pushup. You're going to start in down dog position, hips in the air, pushing your heels towards the earth. You're going to dive forward, drop down and come back up. You're going to die forward, drop down and come back up. You can always modify your knees and last but not least the tricep pushup. Which pulls the elbows in really tight to the rib cage. So you feel it in the back of the arms. Right here, knees or toes all the way down, push all the way back up. While you are doing your Get Healthy U TV workouts, you are going to encounter several of these variations and I hope you'll give them a try.