Beginner Wall Push-Up

Beginner push-up from Number One Me. This is a great exercise for your upper-body either beginning or re-starting your regular exercise routiine. Get more at www.numberoneme.com

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Sports

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• exercise
• fitness
• push-up
• beginner
• core
• David
• Berger
• posture

[gnortonshores]

Do wall push ups strengthen the mid or upper back? The right side of my back is much weaker than my left(the physical therapist told me)

[numberoneme]

@gnortonshores

@gnortonshores

@gnortonshores

Yes and no. The muscles in the mid/upper back during a push-up are involved, as stabilizers, assisters, and agonists, which are all good. However, you also need to do exercises that directly target working those same muscles. Muscle balance is the key to healthy full-body strength. In the DVD, all 9-circuits work every muscle in your body, each workout- safely and effectively!

[dkcprje]

Wow. His house looks really nice. I wonder who his interior decorator is.

[numberoneme]

@dkcprje

I wish it was my house!

[TheCsh7]

I have a question. Do your feet have to be in a tip-toed position when doing this exercise or can you do it flat footed?

[numberoneme]

@TheCsh7

The reason I instruct back from the tip-toes (plantar flexion) is so that you can get a better angle to the wall that begins to incorporate your core/posture muscles. This is a beginning exercise that should eventually progress to more intesity- to a high back chair, then to modified knee push-ups, then real-deal push-ups, all of which require more core strength. Keeping your feet flat does not allow this engagement- but, if you find that on the toes is too much, start flat!

[maberrae]

I was trying it when I was watching you and I was looking at the wall and all of sudden heard "you can do it" and jumped. haha

[numberoneme]

@macrijshannon

Do you have a back injury? Your back should nopt be bothered at all by any push-up. One of the things I look for when doing evaluations is whether someones back dip excessively on a push-up putting too much stress on the lumbar spine. Your core muscles are very involved in performing correct form push-ups. I suggest increasing your prone/plank stabilizing exercises if you do not have a back injury.

[hornedlobster]

@numberoneme thx bro =) i tried some but couldnt quite make it, so ive planned to slightly raise the angle of my pushups per week, until im completely vertical.

[gRomoZeka27]

@numberoneme Got it. Thank you!

[numberoneme]

@jingting001

You certainly can do them with your fists. This puts your wrists in a neutral position which causes less stress. Some people prefer this method. Do what you like!

[numberoneme]

@hornedlobster

Good luck with those- be careful!

[numberoneme]

@gRomoZeka27

Either is "correct." The biggest difference biomechanically is the muscle recruitment and intensity. The elbows out, as I demonstrate provides greater recruitment from pecs major and front deltoids. With elbows at sides, more triceps and effective for someone with shoulder/rotator cuff issues. Either way, work in YOUR greatest, comfortable range-of-motion. Do them both for variety. "Bad technique" is not engaging your core/posture muscles. Your body is one unit!

[gRomoZeka27]

A book I have says that I should not flare my elbows to the sides (an illustration shows that they point almost downwards, when bended). So what's the correct way to do it? I find your version easier and more natural, but I don't want to pick up a bad technique at the very beginning.

[hornedlobster]

i was looking for the upside down pushups lol.. where u have ur body resting on the wall and pushing up from the ground..