On pushups

One more question.Some people say that taking pushups with moving the chest and abdomen downwards one by one makes the whole body stronger.Is that true or Is it the proper way to take the pushups(I actually did pushups by just lowering the whole body)?

 

The only thing I take care is that my lower back does'nt arch and my stomach does'nt sag down to the floor, if it does I increase the distance between my hands and feet, does the trick quite well.

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Try doing ten fast, five slow, ten fast, five slow.

 

Or, slow on the way down, fast on the way up, do a clap, and repeat.
And try them on your knuckles.

 

I agree with the "do both" suggestion. They are not exercises that exclude each other!

I believe that muscles have "fast twitch" and "slow twitch" fibres that need to be hit in deifferent ways to gain maximum benefit. Slow and fast variations should help with this.

Hindu pushups are my personal favourite though. I started on them two years ago and they are a staple of my routine now.

 

Yeah - hindu push ups aka suryanamaskars are fantastic, I was exposed to them before push ups

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