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.
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About - 15-Day Perfect Your Push Up
Join PJ for her 15 day perfect your push-up series.
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Perfect your Push Up - Day 1
Day 1 - Learn the two things you must do for an ugly push-up to turn 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Perfect your Push Up - Day 12
Day 12 - We move into ten elevated push-ups after a quick warm-up.
Tools: chair or bench
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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)
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Perfect your Push Up - Day 14
Day 14 - In this session, you'll begin with core work and then 10 push-ups.
Tools: nothing
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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