Push-ups are a staple and a big fundamental workout that can be done anywhere at any time, no equipment needed. That is why they are an awesome workout. I do them everyday, at least 100 push-ups a day. I do this to keep my physique on track and maintain my figure. Push-ups are a great calisthenics and body weight workout that can help build your upper body. Doing push-ups helps strengthen and hit your chest, arms, and core. They are a great workout to perform if you have very little time to workout or not much space.
The road to 100 push-ups could be long and challenging depending on who you are, your athletic background, height and weight, many factors come in to play. But I believe if you just put in the work, then none of that stuff will matter. Like with everything. Practice makes perfect. The more you do push-ups and practice them, the better at it you will progressively get.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Practice makes perfect, it is the oldest saying in the book but the most accurate saying. When I started doing push-ups as a kid I was not very good at them, but with time and hard work, doing the actual practice of the push-ups is how I was able to eventually do 100 push-ups in a row. There are definitely some ways to do the push-ups correctly some people have different takes on this. Start out with seeing how many push-ups you can personally do. If it is one, start with that, and so on. But the most important thing to master first is form. Form is where you learn to master how to correctly perform a push-up. There are certainly right ways, and the wrong ways. To master push-ups, get form perfected first.
FORM
Form is the key to being able to complete push-ups, and completing them correctly with good form is what you want. There is bad form, then good form. Having good form will strengthen your upper body more and over time allow you to complete more reps of push-ups. Below are examples of bad push-up form, and good push-up form.
This is a perfect representation of how to perform a push-up, and the steps of doing so. Start up right in the push-up position as seen in image A. Then be straight up when going down hold for a second, then push your body weight back up.
As can be seen from this image, this is the incorrect way to complete push-ups. The road on how to do push-ups can not be met with improper form. There should be not dipping in the back or butt when completing push-ups. This is improper and bad form means less results. GREAT PUSH-UPS are met with GREAT FORM. Once form is mastered, then begins the process of getting to one hundred push-ups.
Rep them out, if you can only do one, start with one. This is where the work begins.
I always say it is better to do one push-up than none. If you can only do one to start, than start with one. Then work your way up to two or five, whatever you can get to before having reached your limit. If you can not do one push-up start with “modified push-ups”, or knee push-ups to build up your upper body strength. Once you start to build up your upper body strength, you can start to begin performing regular push-ups. If you want something bad enough, you have to be willing to put the work in, there is no way around it. Work must be completed to achieve a goal.
Sets of Push-ups and Workouts
Working your way up to be able to do one hundred push-ups can take time, but with work it is a very obtainable goal. Try workouts using sets. Do sets of ten for ten reps each set. Then work your way up to doing five sets of twenty push-ups, and progressively be able to do more. Do not get discouraged if push-ups are hard for you, just keep working at it. Everyone begins somewhere. Obtaining this goal can take time. But with hard work and discipline, it is a very obtainable goal for anyone.
Styles of Push-ups
There are a couple different styles of push-ups you can do for hitting different muscle groups, that are all good styles of push-ups to perform and will overall help you with reaching the goal of performing 100 push-ups.
- Regular Push-Ups
- Wide Grip Push-Ups
- Triangle Push-Ups
- Close Grip Push-Ups
- Clap Push-Ups (for experts)
Doing these different styles of push-ups and variations can help overall with getting better at push-ups all around. Having the different styles of push-ups to work on and perform builds all different muscle groups and creates muscle endurance that is needed to be able to get to the road of performing 100 push-ups. Completing push-ups like this can become a mental game as well. Having a strong mentality will help you to better perform push-ups. The end game is just to NOT QUIT! If there is no quitting then you will win and obtain the goal of the road to 100 push-ups.
There is a reason the U.S. military is so high on push-ups and having soldiers perform them all the time. It is because push-ups are a great indicator of basic fitness and seeing how in shape a trainee is. All these style of push-ups have their own types of benefits, and are great for practicing overall fitness and can make into great workouts. Mastering all of the different styles of push-ups is a great way to get to performing 100 push-ups. Test yourself as much as possible. Perform a push-up test to see how many you can do until failure (or until you can physically no longer perform). If you can get to 100 push-ups without having to stop or having your arms give out, it is safe to say the goal has been reached on the road to 100 push-ups.
