Variations of the Push UP
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If you can not afford exercise equipment or a gym membership; try these variations of the push up for arm strength, chest development and core strength.
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LuPonce wrote...
how about abs because i want a ripped stomach.same here, variation of sit up will be very helpful
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[font=Verdana][color=green]Well, I know that there are several sit-ups/leg raises you can do to exercise you upper and lower abs. For example, for the sit-up:
- There's the basic action situp. You raise your body towards the knees, then lower it completely on the ground. Repeat.
- Same as above, but keep the shoulder blades completely off the ground at all times.
- Tilting your body to one side as you raise. Also called a crunch.
- With your hands on your head, raise each elbow to the alternate knee with each raise.
For the leg raise:
- There's the normal leg raise. Keeping both legs together and straight, raise them up to a certain level, the lower them completely. Repeat.
- Slight variation of the above. However, this time, don't let the legs ever touch the ground.
- Raise alternate legs quickly; incorporating both variants above.
- With your hands on the small of your back/arse, raise both legs together and when you reach the certain height, lift your arse off the ground, and then lower.
- For the above option, the same again without the help of hands, and not letting the legs touch the ground other variants.
- Raising your legs above you, do a "cycling action" for 10 seconds, then lower. Then raise and repeat.
For a combo effort:
- Jackknife. Raise your legs together and your arms to touch your toes/calves, making sure to raise your shoulder blades off the ground.
- Alternate Jackknife; opposite arms with opposite legs here.
- For the above Jackknives, there also the variant of not letting legs touch the ground/shoulder blades completely off the ground at all times.
- With your hands on your head, raise your legs, doing the cycling action before. With each leg action, make the opposite elbow touch the opposite knee. Do this quick action for 10 seconds, lower, then repeat.
I hope this helps. If anything is unclear here, please drop me a PM, and I'll be willing to explain anything further.
- There's the basic action situp. You raise your body towards the knees, then lower it completely on the ground. Repeat.
- Same as above, but keep the shoulder blades completely off the ground at all times.
- Tilting your body to one side as you raise. Also called a crunch.
- With your hands on your head, raise each elbow to the alternate knee with each raise.
For the leg raise:
- There's the normal leg raise. Keeping both legs together and straight, raise them up to a certain level, the lower them completely. Repeat.
- Slight variation of the above. However, this time, don't let the legs ever touch the ground.
- Raise alternate legs quickly; incorporating both variants above.
- With your hands on the small of your back/arse, raise both legs together and when you reach the certain height, lift your arse off the ground, and then lower.
- For the above option, the same again without the help of hands, and not letting the legs touch the ground other variants.
- Raising your legs above you, do a "cycling action" for 10 seconds, then lower. Then raise and repeat.
For a combo effort:
- Jackknife. Raise your legs together and your arms to touch your toes/calves, making sure to raise your shoulder blades off the ground.
- Alternate Jackknife; opposite arms with opposite legs here.
- For the above Jackknives, there also the variant of not letting legs touch the ground/shoulder blades completely off the ground at all times.
- With your hands on your head, raise your legs, doing the cycling action before. With each leg action, make the opposite elbow touch the opposite knee. Do this quick action for 10 seconds, lower, then repeat.
I hope this helps. If anything is unclear here, please drop me a PM, and I'll be willing to explain anything further.
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loosehead99 wrote...
If you can not afford exercise equipment or a gym membership; try these variations of the push up for arm strength, chest development and core strength.http://thebestlist.menshealth.com/node/2596?cm_mmc=PTNL-_-2010_12_28-_-HTML-_-dek
Plus rep. Good stuff.
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Nice thread, I really like Push-Up´s because its one of the really important basic exercise when you want to be fit and gain power. Nice tips in this thread, keep going.
