15-Day Perfect Your Push Up

15-Day Perfect Your Push Up

If you've been wanting to perfect your push-up or learn one, this series is for you. Join PJ daily for some push-up drills and accessory work to help make your push-ups strong.

15-Day Perfect Your Push Up
  • About - 15-Day Perfect Your Push Up

    Join PJ for her 15 day perfect your push-up series.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 1

    Day 1 - Learn the two things you must do for an ugly push-up into a great-looking push-up. You'll also work your scapular retraction & protraction muscles before we move into our push-up drill; 5 negative push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 2

    Day 2 - Review body positioning for a push-up and then into a warm-up drill to wake up the upper body and strengthen the muscles around your shoulders. From there, we move into our push-up drill; 5 positive push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 3

    Day 3 - Today, we begin with a lower trap strengthener and shoulder mobility drill. After that, we move into our push-up drill; hands elevated tricep push-up.

    Tools: chair or bench

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 4

    Day 4 - We begin with a different version of the protraction/retraction drills we've been doing, and for our push-up exercise, we're performing plank-ups.

    Tools: 1 moderate dumbbell

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 5

    Day 5 - In this session, we'll begin the session with a warm-up drill that will also strengthen the rear deltoid, lower traps and rotator cuff. From there, we move into our push-up drill; 10 dead-stop push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 6

    Day 6 - We begin with scapular retraction to warm up the upper body and then move into 10 push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 7

    Day 7 - We begin with a wall slide to warm up the upper body while also strengthening the lower traps and improving your shoulder mobility. After that, we move into 10 hands-release (dead-stop) push-ups.

    Tools: access to a wall

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 8

    Day 8 - We begin with an elevated protraction and retraction drill and follow that with a series of power/plyometric push-ups.

    Tools: chair or bench

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 9

    Day 9 - Today, we are focussing on increasing your core strength so you can hold the torso still when you are performing a push-up. For our push-up drill we are performing plank-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 10

    Day 10 - We begin with a shoulder and lower trap strengthening exercise to warm up our upper body. From there, we move in a series of T push-ups for our push-up drill

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 11

    Day 11 - We are upping the ante today and doing one-arm push-ups. But, before you say 'no way,' hang tight because I will show you how you can do them! And with success.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 12

    Day 12 - We move into ten elevated push-ups after a quick warm-up.

    Tools: chair or bench

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 13

    Day 13 - After our push-up drill, we'll strengthen the rotator cuff muscles to help keep your shoulders healthy for your push-ups - and your day-to-day activities.

    Tools: 1 light dumbbell (recommend 3lb)

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 14

    Day 14 - In this session, you'll begin with core work and then 10 push-ups.

    Tools: nothing

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 15

    Day 15 - After a warm-up, we move into a ladder workout with our push-ups. In this video, I also explain the next steps in your push-up journey.

    Tools: chair or bench