How to do push up.
Floor to chest push up.
Learning proper floor push up form is easy with the step by step floor push up instructions floor push up tips and the instructional floor push up technique video on this page.
In a regular push up the chest is normally closed or down.
This open chest pressing is done by not only taking your hands off the floor in the start position but pulling your arms back as if you were doing a row.
This is your starting position.
Floor push up is a calisthenics exercise that primarily targets the chest and to a lesser degree also targets the abs lower back middle back shoulders and triceps.
Inhaling bend your arms to lower your body and.
Lie on an exercise floor mat face down.
To perform the push up start at the top of the plank position with the back flat.
Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor eccentric phase and then have your friend remove the weight or some of it before you push back up concentric phase.
Press your toes against the floor and place your hands flat on the ground shoulder width apart fingers extended forward.
Push yourself up so that your arms are nearly extended and your torso and legs are off the floor.
The arms should be fully extended with the hands directly underneath the shoulder joint.