Top Pushup Mistakes and How To Fix Them FOR GOOD with Antranik!

[@adityaroy1138]

it's amazing how a simple exercise like pushing yourself up can be so complex. so many nitty gritty details.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Yea! Too bad our PE teachers didn't teach any of this stuff!

[@gabrielangelo5937]

Perfect form and control of the push up is necessary for reaping the Maximum Gains out of It thats whyyy.

[@senghwee]

Please demonstrate the dip exercise to build up the chest. Thank you.

[@mofos80]

Please do a new r/bodyweight follow along routine video. People on reddit are constantly asking for simple follow along videos. The old ones are a bit outdated and it's kinda annoying trying to follow along multiple videos while you're working out. Perhaps you could do separate basic, intermediate, pro follow along videos?

[@BrianReeves2]

I'm one of the million, but this refresher was good for me, I don't think I was keeping my elbows where they needed to be. Thank you Antranik!

[@adityaroy1138]

Also, great comment about that chest thing. i read this all the time. like, if you need to workout your chests, there are other exercises lol. don't compromise your elbows and shoulders.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Exactly!

[@shaytal100]

Thx Antranik! I knew all this and I think my push up form is ok, but it is never bad to be reminded of possible mistakes. It is good to check your exercises anew form time to time. Sometimes mistakes have slipped in.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Yes! Periodically take a video of yourself doing a set and you'll learn a lot!

[@shaytal100]

@@AntranikDotOrg Yes I should do this. I hope I don't get a big surprise :)

[@tmac2368]

Thanks king. Very useful as always.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thanks Matias.

[@constsalusso]

Push ups and pull ups are my nemesis. I wanna say thank you for providing so much detail, I had given up with these exercises due to my bad form but it's time to try again. THANKS!

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Dude, yes! Make those pushups your bitch!

[@kramkalisthenics]

Great advice, Antranik. As a 62 year old training regularly, I do *everything* in my power to avoid injury and doing wide, elbows out push-ups will give you shoulder impingement, something I've experienced from doing upright rows. Thanks Arnold!

[@AntranikDotOrg]

You're welcome Kram! Your age should inspire everyone reading this!

[@likethislikethat916]

thank you

[@MrSeatog]

Best teaching ever

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thanks!

[@kanu4659]

Thank you so much. Love you from india.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

You're most welcome! Thank you!

[@karankaul1340]

This man I tell you is a real GEM

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thanks Karan!

[@karankaul1340]

@@AntranikDotOrg Can you please make a video for those who can't feel their chest activate during workout?

[@leltraco1983]

If you think that this isn't the perfect time to start working out, i really dont know what are you waiting for... thanks for your content Antranik

[@AntranikDotOrg]

The best time to start was yesterday... the second best time is today!

[@leltraco1983]

@@AntranikDotOrg hahaha nice! i gotta take that line haha

[@Oxcilic]

i still do a workout that's heavily based off the 2016/17 recommended routine on /r/bodyweightfitness. i have no idea what's happened to the RR since then but to be honest i really don't like the current routine. thank you antranik for your quality content

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thanks!

[@korova96]

Hello Antranik, thank you for this video! I tried to do proper pushups, as you showed it in the earlier video, but very soon after that I developed some pain in the elbow or in the high part of the pec [just between arm and chest], so I had to stop doing them totally. Do you know what is the possible explanation of my errors? Also: what number of pushups should be considered as a range proper for beginner/advanced person?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

I am not sure. A form check video would be helpful to see.

[@lucyc8642]

This is a fantastic explanation, thank you.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thank you! Glad you found it useful.

[@InfinityMediaAU]

Great video again Antranik! Could we get a video on pseudo planche pushups progression into Planche pushups? Including form tips?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Check this one out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYHFlmV_n9x6oq8

[@WORKOUT--1]

Useful and wonderful exercises, distinctive work and a distinctive channel ... I am pleased to follow this channel as it helps me to watch my channel and my sports exercises

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thank you very much!

[@EJIqpEP]

I love your videos and your reddit. I've struggled with pushups and then found your previous video (2 month ago). I'm doing them much better now but still 2 things from this video I didn't make correctly. Thanks for slow and property clarification

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Fantastic! You're very welcome. Which 2 things were the issue?

[@EJIqpEP]

@@AntranikDotOrg I don't do full range of motion to the very top. Also I have anterior pelvic tilt (trying to fix this) but you video is the first where you put hands on belly and back and I can directly feel if my posture is incorrect. All other videos people showed on the floor and it was not so clear how to feel it while standing.

[@sohamdata]

very creative explanation!

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Thanks!

[@daniellee6912]

Thank you.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

You're welcome!

[@r.k.9648]

Thank you, very helpful as always.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

My pleasure!

[@gokhanaslan7661]

Do you need to keep your scapulae protracted during the whole push up movement, Antranik? I am stuck with that because everyone is saying a different thing. By the way, great job as always. I feel very lucky that I find you and your works.

[@Kboges]

Personally, I do not recommend that. Scapula should go through normal retraction/protraction during the push up. This is healthy for the shoulders.

[@lynnmartire941]

Thank you! Someday can you show how to do a proper push up from the knees?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Great comment. Because you shouldn't do pushups on the knees! Watch this video to learn how to do them if you can't do them (cued to proper spot): kzbin.info/www/bejne/apWpYneFjN-ZaJI

[@kingsaxon]

Saved my elbows

[@papay100]

thank you, that's very helpful

[@AntranikDotOrg]

You're welcome!

[@Youtubeuser10873]

Not only pushups but planks too. I have this problem where my butt stick out and I don’t realize it unless someone points it out

[@motivate_k3766]

please talk about situps

[@AnnanFay]

Hey, watching this made me wonder if you would do a general video on bodyweight exercise with Cubitus Valgus and how to adapt exercises? My partner has this and it seems to get in the way of many bodyweight exercises she tries, though it's difficult for me to understand. Is it really such an issue?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Annan Fay I have this issue on my right elbow due to an old bicycle accident!!! It shouldn’t deter her from anything! Tell me which BW exercises and issues she is experiencing in detail and maybe I could help. Also contact me by email at antranik.org/contact if you want more personalized feedback. Form check videos help tremendously for me as well.

[@mohsinmiyaji1801]

hey antranik, ive been doing pushups for months and i still cant stop my lower back from arching. i tighten my core and tuck my hips and squeeze my glutes at the top position but when i go down my lower body arches. what is the weakness here?

[@MrVenser]

i love you man

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Love you too, man!

[@raccoons_stole_my_account]

Thanks for the explanation, very informative as always.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

My pleasure!

[@macont2145]

Hi antranik, what' s your view to going up fast and getting down slow vs going up slow and downing fast while doing push ups

[@AntranikDotOrg]

You should always do the concentric (the contraction phase) of an exercise FAST. So for pushups and pullups, fast upwards. And a slower, more controlled descent on the eccentric (lengthening phase). It makes you much stronger when you can perform an exercise with SPEED. (Power = strength+speed)

[@macont2145]

@@AntranikDotOrg Thanks for info

[@ursula5770]

Hey man, I finally got all my mistakes right but I have a question. When I go down my body goes past my elbow but it doesn't flare, is this correct or should I try to keep my body parallel to my elbow when I go down?

[@ursula5770]

imgur.com/a/CBJeCFg Here's an image of me downward the motion (Did a video of one set with 12 reps) , I'm quite convinced that it is the right form but with my body going past my elbows I'm being skeptical. I'm not sure if I'm just skinny that's why my body appears to be lower than my elbows or I'm just not doing the right form. PS: No pain after doing 4x12 of pushups.

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Your form looks fantastic! You should go as deep as you can on pushups, so body going lower than elbows is totally fine!

[@ursula5770]

@@AntranikDotOrg Thank you sir! I can now do my pushups without worrying I'm doing the wrong form. Thanks a lot again sir!

[@UsernameTaken.]

I got the notification now 😂

[@UsernameTaken.]

Great explanation btw ! I wish more people watch this video and get to do a proper push up ! Another mistake I would add is scapula depression , what do you think about it ?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Yea! Scaps should be depressed a bit, not shrugged up/elevated.

[@SaratChandran]

Regarding the forearm staying vertical - does it have to stay in the same position throughout? Based on your earlier pushup video I have corrected it so that it doesn't go backward (parallel to the body) but it still flares out a bit (towards the camera, in the angle you have shot the video at)

[@AntranikDotOrg]

It can move a little bit. As you get stronger, it won't move at all basically.

[@SaratChandran]

@@AntranikDotOrg thank you!

[@poshboybeatz]

Is your chest supposed to touch the ground?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Almost touching in general is a good way to go about it.

[@poshboybeatz]

@@AntranikDotOrg to be honest, I found sending the shoulders forward caused pain in the front of them, when bringing chest near to ground because they rotated forward. Now I don't send them forward too much. I also think there's nothing inherently bad with forearms bending a bit, many PTs on KZbin do it. It's not the same as a bench press which would be bad.

[@imbetterthanyoubyfar]

i've noticed that my fingertip archer pushups seem to target my chest a lot better than normal pushups - is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Normal! Archer pushups are a unilateral pushing exercise, so naturally there will be much more load on the chest and shoulders on the heavier loaded side!

[@imbetterthanyoubyfar]

@@AntranikDotOrg i meant relative to shoulders though - it almost feels like 20 normal pushups is slightly harder on my shoulders, while 20 archer finger pushups is far harder on my chest

[@Youtubeuser10873]

The problem is when i get down I can’t get up😭💔

[@AntranikDotOrg]

Do incline pushups! (Elevate your hands on something. The more you elevate, the easier it gets. Try a coffee table or stairs.)

[@Youtubeuser10873]

@@AntranikDotOrg Thank you very much