GymnasticBodies.com - Wrist Pushups

Wrist pushups are an essential pre-hab element that needs to be included in all advanced bodyweight workouts.

An essay detailing some basic guidelines for performing Wrist Pushups is available here:
http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=61#p270

The GB program details and Xtreme Rings which developed much of this athlete's strength are available here:
http://gymnasticbodies.com/catalog/

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[Gademanyak]

it feels like im gonna break my wrist doing this, is that normal?

[GymnasticBodies]

Check out my website for an essay on how to progressively build strength with this exercise.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[MrMegaWolfeman]

@GymnasticBodies not to bother you Coach, but I am 6 foot 4, and about 215 pounds, I just literally started the Gymnastic workout from your book, and was able to do the static positions on the easiest styles only. I used to lift weights hence my weight. My question is will my size hinder me?

[GymnasticBodies]

Our largest trainee to date was a 260lb OL who could not have been happier with the results of adding gymnastics strength training to the rest of his routine. We have several 220lb+ GB forum members who are progressing nicely with their training.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[noddwan]

@GymnasticBodies I tried these pushups - these hurt pretty bad in the elbows. Is the exercise still ok when done with the elbows moving backwards rather than sideways? (so the fingers are facing forward) - Thanks in advance, noddwan

[GymnasticBodies]

Please review the wrist pushup essay on the Gymnastic Bodies website for information on how to correctly scale and develop these.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[Abreu51]

Gymnists are by far the greatest athletes. They can fully manipulate the human body to full extensions in a way that we are made to be. In other words, Gymnist are athletes who have mastered the human body. Simply amazing.

[LetsFightingLove]

@GymnasticBodies Do you have any tips on building up to that exercise? I can't do it, it's too painful.

[malganus4]

@Gademanyak u can't break if u keep push ups right.Do them slower.

[chillxX33]

@GymnasticBodies excellent exercise thanks for the vid

[Jericho11894]

@GymnasticBodies Just out of curiosity....do you lift weights also? or just bodyweight?

[PFloydTime]

@aaronturkey any kind of push up is good for strengthening your upper body, but i think doing them in this way your hands become stronger as well.

[norma1250]

@Smokeystyle u are awesomeness! I agree! I trained in boxing, wing chun, jeet kune do but I don't really have a style anymore, I just use whatever works

[Smokeystyle]

@whatugundo

yes, I am a martial artist myself, and while many martial artists are also lazy and don't like to train often. I believe a TRUE martial artist should trying to control every aspect of his/her body. I do kukkiwon style taekwondo, it involves alot of leg use so i try to not just train legs, but upper body, core, back everything! besides being a martial artist i took up tricking and free running to further improve on my body conditioning

[whatugundo]

@Smokeystyle agreed ! if not martial artists even more , just do one of there daily training regimes and you will soon see lol , usually they train for like 2-3 hours twice a day , complete fitness which is on another level from most people

[KakashiOwnage]

I always do these, been doing them for about 3 years, when I was doing it at a gym once people thought I was mad, so I stuck to home working out. Nice work, show them how it's done!