What's the best way to get better at doing PUSH-UPS?
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Keep doing push-ups.  Do as many as you can full body & then do as many as you can using your knees.  Do them every morning and every evening.\n\nPush-up mostly an upper body skill, so any weight lifting you can do that works your chest and arm would be very helpful.\n\nIf you have weight issues, work on dropping weight.  Less weight, less force needed to 'push-up'.\n\nWork on making fitness a life style change and not just doing it to beat the test.\n\nGood Luck!
107223
push-ups really work your pec muscles
492394
Press Ups\nBench press\nOne of those bars you pull yourself up on .... \nWeights\nAlso a great one is doing a hand stand against a wall and doing push ups... you have to build this up as you have to hold all your body weight
1046162
Sorry you will not get that strong if you keep doing 40 push ups, you will need more resistance to increase your strength.  Typically your body adjusts to the resistance after each session, so if your not increasing your number of push ups your not getting any stronger or muscular.
565230
Do push ups.  You don't have to buy any equipment and you can do them anywhere.  You won't bulk up from doing them either.
329918
Yes very good for both. I recommend doing variations on them as well. Normal push-ups, wide armed, which is about 3-6 inches outside of your shoulders, narrow armed, which is with your hands almost touching in front of you. And my favourite, "Get Massives". Have your index finger and thumb of each hand touch each other forming a diamond of sorts, and do press ups. You do not need to buy any equipment to do these. You get the best workout by doing them in these various positions. You can however increase to difficulty by raising your feet off the floor approx. 6-8 inches as well, but don't do it this way all the time, as it increases the stress on your shoulders, and develops different muscle groups. Which ever you do, start slow and increase every week, and don't give up! Good Luck!
299275
Eat plenty of food and do push-ups up to 20-30 times a day or a week. Slowly, increase your number of push-ups and you'll see the difference!
1015379
Alright here we go:\n\nTriceps:  \nTriceps pullovers (what I call them)-  Take the 10lb weight and hold it behind your head (kind of how you might pass a basket ball over your head).  Bring it over your head until the weight is paralell with the ground.  4 sets of 25 reps 3-4 days a week.  \n\nBackwards push-ups-  take two chairs and separate them your body length.  Put your hands on one and your feet on the other.  Lower yourself and then push yourself up.  4 sets of 25 each 3-4 days a week.\n\nClose push up- Do push ups with your hands very close together (but not touching).  5 sets of 10 push ups.\n\nThese are just the tricep exercises.  If you want to know other exercises for different muscles (biceps, chest, shoulders, calves, thighs, hamstrings, etc.), IM me on Yahoo! or on AIM (screenname= aeprep0091).    Hope to talk to you soon.
64610
Push ups, do regular push-ups, push-ups with fingers pointing out(hands together) and diamond pushups(shoulders are even with arms and body infront of you) bring hands to center of chest with index fingers and thumbs touching (remember to always keep back, shoulder and you butt aligned).  This works arms, shoulders and even pectorial muscles.  Man I can give you a good work out just e-mail me.
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Try doing them from an all 4's position or laying face down, but bending at the waist. In both cases you'll only be lifting the top part of your body.\nYou're arms, chest, back and shoulders will benefit. Notably, your small breasts will look much smarter ! Large breasts don't tend to show any improvement just through push-ups.
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Push ups work great. If you cant do them on the floor, try doing them against the wall. Place both hands flat against the wall, making sure that they are paralell to your shoulders. Slowly push down and release making sure to engage your muscles. \n\nAnother good exersice is the chest extention. If you dont belong to a gym that has the machines, just get two dumbells, hold them in each hand. Sit in a chair straight. Bring both your arms up to the level of your breast with your elbows out (kind of like u are doing the funky chicken dance) Then move your arms back toward the small of your back, like you are almost pinching the area between your shoulder blades. Move your arms forward, but take care not to lock your elbows. Do three sets of 10-15 of these.\n\nYou can also try chin ups or french presses. These excersizes may not sound like they work your breast area,  but they tighten up the muscles AROUND the breast area, making them sit up tighter and firmer.
1088801
The best ab exercise is the bicycle sit up where you bring your knees up and you altrenate touching your elbows to the opposite, it should look like you are riding a bike with your legs. For pecs, regular old pushups are great especially if you go all the way down past when your arms are level with the floor. They make a set of bars to get a deeper push up too. In the gym you can use a machine called a Pec deck, it's like doing butterfly's in an upright seated position.
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I can't disagree with the answers given, but I'm a big fan of push ups and sit ups.  If done properly, *all* major muscle groups are used during push ups.  There is also the satisfaction of being able to do your exercises virtually anywhere.  Besides, what is more satisfying - bench pressing 200 pounds ten times or snapping off 50 perfect push ups?\n\nMike Honeycutt
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Girl pushups are good!  Keep doing them and you will get stronger.  Chest press is another good exercise.  It's kinda like the reverse of a pushup.  Lie on your back with dumbells with your arms close to your chest like the bottom of a pushup.  Press your weights into the air and lower back down.
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To find out how to get the ultimate in push-ups go to the website below. Check out books by Pavel Tsatsouline. He trained the Special Forces of the former Soviet Union. You will find that in addition to how many you do,  HOW they are done is critically important in getting the most out of the workout and in preventing injuries.\n\nIn general, it is necessary to create a good deal of tension in your muscles, and whole body, for that matter, to quickly and efficiently build strength and stamina in the muscles.\nThe methods he employs have been scientifically validated over the years by many Russian and Eastern European scientists. They really do work.\n\nAND--if you want a terrific full body workout--explore the information on the Russian Kettlebells! Incredible! You'll never want or need to go to a gym again.\n\nHAVE FUN!!!
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All you have to do is start a nightly workout of push-ups.start out small and then increase as you get stronger. After a while you will see the results. You will be amazed by the results. You also can do small workouts in your bedrooom. Like jogging in place and doing inclined push-ups b y putting your feet on your bed and do push-ups. Be careful NOW!! Be patient and take your time and dont hurt yourself by rushing!!!!
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With your body face up, rest your feet on one bench/chair/piece of furniture and your hands on another so that your legs are horizontal and your torso is vertical.  Then slowly bend your arms so that your butt sinks down below the seats of the chairs until it is almost touching the floor.  Then push quickly back up.  You should feel it in your triceps.  Do 10-20 of these, depending on how difficult they are for you.  Rest for a minute.  Then do 10-20 more.\n\nA variation on pushups that also works the triceps is what's called a triangle push up.  Instead of having your hands shoulder width apart you place them in the center directly under your chest so that your index fingers form two sides of a triangle and your thumbs form the one on the bottom.  As with all pushups keep your body straight.  Do 2-3 sets of 10-20 each.