Different type of pushups

Different type of pushups

Push ups are the full body workout which doesn't require any special cost or equipment.It is the most effective compound exercise which builds up your stamina,provide massive strength to your body.Push have several benefits like it stretch your muscle,protect your shoulder from injuries,strength and muscle development.While doing a push up your biceps, triceps,shoulder,chest,back,abs ,lower body muscles come in motion.Push ups help to improve your posture and it enhances your cardiovascular system.In our articles, we are always advising you to do push-ups as warm up exercises.You can raise the difficulty level of pushups anytime,numbers of patterns are available to perform push-ups.Today we are going to discuss  the different type of pushups.

   

How to do: take push position,your hand must be straight,palm directly under the shoulder.

Regular push ups-target area upper body and core

, back should be straight,position is like high plank,once you get a perfect position,begin your body downward,your back should be straight ,neck should be neutral,don't bend your knees

Wide grip push ups- woking on your chest muscles directly,if you want to work on your chest muscle grip should be wider than the regular pushups

How to do:Wide grip pushup is similar to the regular push-ups ,but in this push-ups, your grips should be wider.While taking pushup position ,wide your arms position and start pushing body downward and upward.

Diamond push ups- help to build up strong triceps ,shoulder, chest muscles.

How to do:take position of diamond shape pushups,your palm is making diamond shape,hand underneath the chest,back must straight,chest is out and shoulders backward,your elbow must be outward approx 45 degrees,now go down slowly and push your body up.

  

Incline push ups- working on your upper chest,shoulder

How to do:incline push is similar to the regular pushups,difference is your hands are elevated in incline push ups and your legs lower to your hand,take position,your hands are elevated ,back is straight,abs are tight,you hands are little bit wider than shoulder,now going down slowly and raise your body up again.

Decline pushups- chest ,shoulder, triceps muscles are involved while performing decline push ups

How to do: it the variation of regular push up,difference is your feet are elevated ,take position, keep yours shoulder,elbow, and wrist in aline,back should be straight,abs are tight ,now go down slowly and raise upward again.

These are some basic pushup exercises, once you have mastered this basic level than you can move on to the advance level. For advance  level of pushup exercises keeps reading our articles.