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Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)

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Type: Strength
Main Muscle Worked: Chest
Other Muscles: Shoulders, Triceps
Equipment: Body Only
Mechanics Type: Compound
Level: Beginner
Sport: No
Force: Push
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Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions) Guide

Main Muscle: Chest

  1. Lie on the floor face down and body straight with your toes on the floor and the hands wider than shoulder width for a wide hand position and closer than shoulder width for a close hand position. Make sure you are holding your torso up at arms length.
  2. Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
  3. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest. Breathe out as you perform this step.
  4. After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Variations:

  • If you are new at this exercise and do not have the strength to perform it, you can either bend your legs at the knees to take off resistance or perform the exercise against the wall instead of the floor.
  • For the most advanced lifters, you can place your feet at a high surface such as a bench in order to increase the resistance and to target the upper chest more.

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Review: Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)

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10/10

May 3, 2012 9:27 PM: I do my push ups on my knees as I am only starting to build up my strength, at the moment 12 reps x 3 sets. Close hand push ups are much harder and I can only get through 8 reps x 3 sets, but looking forward to being able to do more!



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Tip: Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)

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Mar 19, 2012 4:45 PM: doing any type of push work out does work your triceps mostly as a secondary muscle, I consider diamond (close grip) a tricep workout but its good to work tri's and chest on the same day for that reason,then move onto a pull excersise (biceps



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Review: Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)

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8/10

Feb 26, 2012 3:13 PM: I swore when I got out of the Army, I'd never do push-ups again. Too bad they're so darned effective.



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Jan 3, 2012 2:34 AM: Since I am overweight I do pushups on the wall. It works well for me.



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Jan 2, 2012 1:57 PM: Push-ups are difficult to do in the beginning, but once your body starts to adjust they become easier.



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Dec 30, 2011 7:45 PM: Not a review but a question. The video doesn't make it clear if you do a set of wide push ups and then a set of narrow. Or do you do 3 sets of each?



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Tip: Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)

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Nov 29, 2011 2:58 PM: Wide hands push ups focus on your chest muscle (Pectoralis),
While close hands push ups (diamond push ups) focus on your triceps muscles.



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Review: Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)

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10/10

Jun 22, 2011 3:37 PM: i thought the main muscle target of this workout is triceps not chest .



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