 Hey everybody today, we're gonna talk about the set up for the push-up so in any exercise The setup is half the battle if I can get in a good starting position Then it's much more likely and it's easier to cue myself to just stay in that position Rather than trying to find it through the rest of the exercise. I'm not gonna say that the perfect setup You know, maybe it doesn't exist Kind of exists so anything that's really normal for you is good I'm not gonna say that you're not gonna have any other issues if your setup is really good But it is a good way to ensure that you are Maximizing the likelihood of doing it. Well, so With the push-up Set up I always start people on their knees like if if they are a new client for me I start them on their knees because Most people don't understand the finish position and we talked about that in a previous video, right? Spent a lot of time on this. I like to start on the knee. Let me take these off. I like to start on the knees and just make sure someone can Reach like this with a nice round back People are gonna tend to stick their chest out and push like this with their pecs But their pecs won't get them The full finish and the mobility and stability and health neck Benefits that I'm looking for out of a rounded upper back finish position Okay, you might even feel a stretch in your upper upper back area Important when I do this reach I'm not reaching like this. This is not the same thing This is a crunch with a push with my neck and my six-pack ab muscles Instead instead of reaching with this part Look at all my shoulder mobility instead of reaching with this part towards the ceiling I'm trying to reach this part towards the ceiling So kind of like this Okay, not like this But like this Okay, so I want to make sure you can do that on your knees first. That's part of the setup Okay, we simplify the exercise teach you the new stuff and then say okay do it in this more complicated way And then you get better So that's part of it. I'm usually gonna tell someone okay get there hold that straighten your legs out like you're gonna do a push-up and Sometimes their abs look really good Just because this position kind of demands it Sometimes however, they look like shit The butt sags down like this and so then I'm not so worried about this at that point I'm more worried about this. So I need to make sure that I set the hips back I'll bias people into their hips being a little higher Because it helps you feel the ab it looks kind of weird and when you do the push-up It's gonna feel kind of weird But it's a nice way to take some tension off of the hip flexor and ensure that your back is in a good position As you progress along you're gonna try to get your hips more in a straight line like this Okay, and then just throw on push-ups outside of that Last thing ankles I'm just looking for somewhere in the middle, right? I don't want you doing this This is just too much stretching and I don't want you doing this because your toes gonna hurt Okay There are times for both of those but Generally, I'm not gonna want you queuing into that So that's the setup for the push-up We talked about arms being long at the top starting on your knees So you can figure it out and then we talked about straightening the legs out keeping the hips up Until they can get, you know, this nice flat back or straight line back position where you're securing yourself with your outer lower abdominals and not just crunching with your your crunch muscles your six-pack ab muscles Hope you found this helpful practice practice practice