Push-Up

How you do a push-up is a good measure of how you approach your training in general. A full range of motion push-up with quality is not an easy exercise for most and should be a staple in any training program, or warm-up for more advanced athletes.

Cues:

• Start in a plank with locked elbows and fully protracted shoulders

• Lower until the chest touches and push back up

• Allow the scaps to come together as you lower and then spread apart as you push into each lockout at the top

Mistakes:

• Sagging core at any point

• Not touching chest at bottom

• Not locking out fully at the top

• Flaring elbows, pushing at unintentionally awkward angles