Thank you so much ,now I’m doing the right form ,before my elbows used to flare outward and I had always been wondering why my triceps are not being worked,after finding that I have been doing the wrong form ,I quickly adopted it and now I’m doing fewer reps than before.
People perform differently, some more flexible than others. There are many variety of push ups, the flare out is one. Some folks can do it some can't. If your trying to get shredded like the street dudes in NYC YOU DO THE ENTIRE VARIETY, NOT just the perfect close tucked push up, once you get stronger doing the perfect tucked in push up...eventually antrophy occurs , so the variety becomes necessary to locate other muscles. Back straight, or legs up on something, yes butt can be up for concentration on front of shoulder's... but slow concentrated, but curving down the center of body to ground not keeping core tight... equals fail. Being oncentrated' in the variety sets, your still going to get shredded. But for a contest do perfect close grip form. But any press motion' nice and slow, you will shredd up. As long as it's not hurting you, then do the variety, the position that hurts... it is not for you.
Doing push ups with your head looking forward is an easy way to cause neck injury. This improper form will cause pain very quickly if you have any preexisting neck injuries or weakness. Always keep your neck and head in line with your spine when doing any kind of exercise or strenuous movement.
@@properlee_ holy crap two weeks went quick. I only remembered because I set a reminder. I didn’t do it every day for two weeks but I stayed fairly consistent. Definitely noticed improvements to my arms, shoulders and a little bit of my chest (less than arms and shoulders). I also managed to increase my reps
Thanks for the tips! I've been doing push ups on a daily basis for 2 months now and I'm not sure about results cause I don't want dissapointment but I can say I'm just more committed to doing it. And I'm just going back to the basics of things to see if I can learn from it and I'm glad I've been doing it right haha.
What am I missing here? With my hands straight forward, and tucking my elbows in as far as they can go, I can't begin to do one push up. Not an issue of strength- my elbows don't bend that way, and if I put that much weight on my hands, I sprain my wrists before I begin to do one push up. If I spread my hands out a bit wide, AND flare my elbows out on the bottom(not the start) of the pushup, I can actually do push ups, and I've done three sets of 10-20 every day for months to no adverse effect. Any pointers? This is a very well made video with good demonstrations, I'm just caught here- what is supposed to hurt me has not hurt me ever, what is not supposed to work does, and what is recommended here is impossible for me to do. 100% of my weight goes on my elbows by this method, takes my back and chest completely out of the equation. Open to feedback from commenters or Corey. Thanks a ton.
I always thought the tucked version was just a variation of the push up, used for instance in martial arts (that's where I learned it). As it's the same motion as when punching. Thanks for clearing that up.
This is a no-go for me. I have pain in my wrists and positioning hands like that aggravates the pain so I have to make fists the way martial art people do push ups to condition their knuckles. The problem is, when you push up on your fists, you have no choice but letting your elbows flare out. This doesn't hurt my elbows but makes me feel a little pain in my shoulders.
TBH,,, I'm still wondering and confuse how to do a correct push-up,,, and I'm still adoubt with my own push-up so far is the right form push-up... Definitely I'll try with this way... Thank you
I used to let my elbows flare out to the sides. That was a big mistake. Had pain in my elbows and could hear them make creaking sounds while doing push-ups. Doing them correctly, I started noticing improvement in my chest.
I've been doing 6 sets of 10 Diamond, wide then close (what you consider good form) for years every Monday. Idk maybe our bodies are different my elbows feel fine lol
Your body was designed to push things using ONE particular sequence of muscle recruitment, all other ways of pushing are creating compensatory patterns against your natural anatomical physiology.
Liberty Group that is baseless conjecture unless providing a source Op is right in saying that both are pushups. Wider you go, the more the chest is worked
@@libertygroup1560 Rubbish.. I see to many people and videos saying wide arm is bad..its utter bullshit its not bad it works your chest. nothing bad about it. so much false information on the internet these days.
I agree. Different pushup positions doesn't necessarily mean bad form. It just means you are targeting different parts of the muscle group. You can even do diamond / close hand position pushups. They are a little harder than normal. But it doesn't make them the only way to do pushups because they are the most difficult. The wide hand position pushups target the shoulders and outer chest area. Same as if you were performing dumbbell flyes. Would you call dumbbell flyes a bad exercise because of the movement your arms make? Now in regards to the body's position I agree. Having a correct plank position is crucial. If you can't perform the exercise with perfect plank form then you need to utilize a much easier position with the knees on the floor.
Labeling a variation of push up as bad form is wrong. There really isn’t a bad push up as a slight adjustment of your form will target another muscle. So it isn’t a bad form at all as it still train a muscle. It just depend on your target muscles.
Corey, when I was 16, I'm currently 47, I started doing push ups in order to better my fitness level with a view to go into the military.Eventually I decided to go to college but I had already fell for pushups.I did pushups by the ton, every single day and I loved it.A year later I started going to a local gym and you know what?....when I first hit the bench press it was so easy and it wasn't long before I started adding plates to the bar.Second nature so as to speak!!!!!. That's unheard of with younger generations.They lay beneath the bar without even having hit the ground and cranked a single push up!!!!!.....and they wanna grow strong and powerful and pick up girls along the way, LMFAO!!!!!. You' d cringe at the amount of people that think themselves experts in pushups when actually they look like puking. You'd never stress enough how a perfect pushup should be done...they'll continue doing whatever fits them best!!!!.
Deez nutz, good work bro......just a piece of advice.....be always willing to get a reality check every now and then!!!!.I DO!!!!.I shut my ego down, recheck my basics and always lend my eyes and ears to the good advice like Corey's here.This video is a true equalizer and if someone like Corey does I put all the rest aside and I do listen!!!!!!.Keep it up bro!!!!.
Some people say just the triceps way but I've seen some big dudes on other channels doing them the way u were considering wrong but saying the triceps way was another way and the other is more bicep. but mutually agreed about the butt to high thing. I feel that I have a natural arch in my lower spine but try to have it as straight as possible. Even before I did these exercises I had right shoulder pain though. Sux .I think it's only wasting time NOT doing them at all especially being skinny like me.
Thanks brother now i know how to push up i really want to change my body and im really really thick and and my classmates always daying your muscle are really tiny and my classmate always bully with me because my muscle are so tiny and now i will fixed my body thanks again
Well what you are showing is pretty much not the right stuff. That's because good form push-up can have the elbows flared out till 30-45 degree. Everyone can't possibly tuck in their elbows like you did because of the muscle mass below their armpit (I don't know the exact name of it, I hope you guys do understand, that part which gets targeted when you do lat pulldowns). The bad form push-up is actually when the elbows are flared to 90 degrees, where all the pressure is actually upon the shoulders & elbows.
i dont get the technique. Isnt a push up kinda similar to benchpress? Why dont we go for the same angle there? If I do push ups with arms close to my body I have that feeling that there is to much tension on my shoulders. Ofc same goes with diamond push ups, anyone here having shoulder issues too?
I will try your method. All the years I did push ups the bad way you showed and I have nothing to show for all that work. Of course I gave up several times. Thanks!
And when you do it the way you suggest you put more load on the triceps which you can clearly see...same as close grip bench press more emphasis is on the triceps and NOT THE CHEST. If we trying build CHEST u want the load ON THE CHEST!
Hey, Corey. Just bought your workout and I'll be starting this evening. Do I test 30 sec before going into the next exercise or do all of them right after the other and then rest? Thank you for all the great content. I just subscribed and I can't stop watching.
I think the position depends of the muscles you're trying to work out. I've seen some calisthenic guy (blue shorts) that use to curve his spine at the top position. And he has more subs than you. Well, not exactly curve the spine, almost like the angry or scared cat posture What are u trying to gain? Muscles? Streght? Resistance?
isn't the push ups with hands more than shoulder width apart and elbows flared out a different variation of the push up (wide push ups)?? they put more pressure on ur chest
don't do "girl pushups" instead if you have trouble doing regular pushups lay flat on the floor and push up, your legs remaining flat like the back stretch.
I have been a trainer for 20 years and I have to say you should not been teaching people anything fitness. Not only are you wrong about the push ups but you don’t even know what push ups are supposed to work. Just stop please
This is bullshit! He is just doing a tricep variation of a push up.Pushups can be done wide for chest pectoral muscle workout or with arms close to your sides for triceps.It is not wrong to vary the position of your arms to work different muscle groups as you do with a wide grip for lats and a narrow one for bicep chin ups.Do not listen to his reason for a sore elbow.He may have tennis elbow from some other reason but wide position push ups was not the cause of his bad elbow.miss diagnosis of injury is no reason to stop doing normal and variable position push ups
Rafael Casa its possible to do in that way just tuck in ur elbows it will a little bit harder. If u flare out ur elbows ur essentially making it easier for urself
Guys, the wrong push up is actually just a wide push up which focuses on your chest there are different variations of push ips
Thank you so much ,now I’m doing the right form ,before my elbows used to flare outward and I had always been wondering why my triceps are not being worked,after finding that I have been doing the wrong form ,I quickly adopted it and now I’m doing fewer reps than before.
This vid needs to be linked to in the comments of everyone's "pushup challenge" videos
You are always giving us useful tips. Thanks Corey. God bless you.
People perform differently, some more flexible than others. There are many variety of push ups, the flare out is one. Some folks can do it some can't. If your trying to get shredded like the street dudes in NYC YOU DO THE ENTIRE VARIETY, NOT just the perfect close tucked push up, once you get stronger doing the perfect tucked in push up...eventually antrophy occurs , so the variety becomes necessary to locate other muscles. Back straight, or legs up on something, yes butt can be up for concentration on front of shoulder's... but slow concentrated, but curving down the center of body to ground not keeping core tight... equals fail. Being oncentrated' in the variety sets, your still going to get shredded. But for a contest do perfect close grip form. But any press motion' nice and slow, you will shredd up. As long as it's not hurting you, then do the variety, the position that hurts... it is not for you.
Doing push ups with your head looking forward is an easy way to cause neck injury. This improper form will cause pain very quickly if you have any preexisting neck injuries or weakness. Always keep your neck and head in line with your spine when doing any kind of exercise or strenuous movement.
Form really does make a big difference when doing push ups! I know now and your tips confirmed it thanks bro I'll keep working hard 💪
That’s a neat tip on the tucked in elbow bit .. thanks for the demo .. I was doing it wrong all along .. thanks so much !!!
Great video. You have simplified the technique nicely. Good job.
This is such an important point, thanks for the excellent video.
Thank you Corey. I was having some difficulty with the push ups. I’ll let you know in a couple of weeks how I’m doing. Thanks again.
It's a year later how have your pushups. Got abs?
Didn't go so well huh
@@properlee_ I will do this and update in two weeks ( 5th November) god willing
@@properlee_ holy crap two weeks went quick. I only remembered because I set a reminder. I didn’t do it every day for two weeks but I stayed fairly consistent. Definitely noticed improvements to my arms, shoulders and a little bit of my chest (less than arms and shoulders). I also managed to increase my reps
@@porto1st woahhh good job mann keep it upp yooo
Thanks for teaching us Corey
Thanks for the tips! I've been doing push ups on a daily basis for 2 months now and I'm not sure about results cause I don't want dissapointment but I can say I'm just more committed to doing it. And I'm just going back to the basics of things to see if I can learn from it and I'm glad I've been doing it right haha.
Usually when I do push-ups I feel my triceps. So I'm doing it right?
@@craigherriot4026 don’t give up. Ur doing it right u just need the chest to wake up. My aunt noticed my shoulders getting wider a couple weeks ago
What am I missing here? With my hands straight forward, and tucking my elbows in as far as they can go, I can't begin to do one push up. Not an issue of strength- my elbows don't bend that way, and if I put that much weight on my hands, I sprain my wrists before I begin to do one push up. If I spread my hands out a bit wide, AND flare my elbows out on the bottom(not the start) of the pushup, I can actually do push ups, and I've done three sets of 10-20 every day for months to no adverse effect. Any pointers? This is a very well made video with good demonstrations, I'm just caught here- what is supposed to hurt me has not hurt me ever, what is not supposed to work does, and what is recommended here is impossible for me to do. 100% of my weight goes on my elbows by this method, takes my back and chest completely out of the equation. Open to feedback from commenters or Corey. Thanks a ton.
I was exactly looking for this. Thanks
I always thought the tucked version was just a variation of the push up, used for instance in martial arts (that's where I learned it). As it's the same motion as when punching.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I always do good form pushups. That's why I can't do a lot of them.
Doing it right way really works your shoulders and triceps.
AverageGuyFitness that's good man. I'll be showing you a video next week on how to increase your push ups with good form.
Corey Hall I'll be waiting
I can do 17/20
Yes..because it doesn't take many to see results...im 56 and I'm starting to look great..when you think your doing good,,you are
This is a no-go for me. I have pain in my wrists and positioning hands like that aggravates the pain so I have to make fists the way martial art people do push ups to condition their knuckles. The problem is, when you push up on your fists, you have no choice but letting your elbows flare out. This doesn't hurt my elbows but makes me feel a little pain in my shoulders.
sounds like a petty reason of an excuse
Place fists on ground so that palms face each other and so your elbows will not flare out.
@@alrocky true. I've been doing that way and it works. Elbows don't flare out and little pain in shoulders.
@@CaffeAddict Really shouldn't have shoulder pain. Maybe your shoulders are hunched. Try bringing your shoulders down.
@@alrocky At 69, kinda hard to avoid shoulder pain.
TBH,,, I'm still wondering and confuse how to do a correct push-up,,, and I'm still adoubt with my own push-up so far is the right form push-up...
Definitely I'll try with this way...
Thank you
thanks for looking out g
I used to let my elbows flare out to the sides. That was a big mistake. Had pain in my elbows and could hear them make creaking sounds while doing push-ups. Doing them correctly, I started noticing improvement in my chest.
Actually wide push up help your chest grow.only you need to know is to place your arm stright..
I've been doing 6 sets of 10 Diamond, wide then close (what you consider good form) for years every Monday. Idk maybe our bodies are different my elbows feel fine lol
It is still a push up but works different muscles
Your body was designed to push things using ONE particular sequence of muscle recruitment, all other ways of pushing are creating compensatory patterns against your natural anatomical physiology.
Liberty Group that is baseless conjecture unless providing a source
Op is right in saying that both are pushups. Wider you go, the more the chest is worked
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@@libertygroup1560 Rubbish.. I see to many people and videos saying wide arm is bad..its utter bullshit its not bad it works your chest. nothing bad about it. so much false information on the internet these days.
I agree. Different pushup positions doesn't necessarily mean bad form. It just means you are targeting different parts of the muscle group. You can even do diamond / close hand position pushups. They are a little harder than normal. But it doesn't make them the only way to do pushups because they are the most difficult. The wide hand position pushups target the shoulders and outer chest area. Same as if you were performing dumbbell flyes. Would you call dumbbell flyes a bad exercise because of the movement your arms make? Now in regards to the body's position I agree. Having a correct plank position is crucial. If you can't perform the exercise with perfect plank form then you need to utilize a much easier position with the knees on the floor.
Labeling a variation of push up as bad form is wrong. There really isn’t a bad push up as a slight adjustment of your form will target another muscle. So it isn’t a bad form at all as it still train a muscle. It just depend on your target muscles.
Corey, when I was 16, I'm currently 47, I started doing push ups in order to better my fitness level with a view to go into the military.Eventually I decided to go to college but I had already fell for pushups.I did pushups by the ton, every single day and I loved it.A year later I started going to a local gym and you know what?....when I first hit the bench press it was so easy and it wasn't long before I started adding plates to the bar.Second nature so as to speak!!!!!.
That's unheard of with younger generations.They lay beneath the bar without even having hit the ground and cranked a single push up!!!!!.....and they wanna grow strong and powerful and pick up girls along the way, LMFAO!!!!!.
You' d cringe at the amount of people that think themselves experts in pushups when actually they look like puking.
You'd never stress enough how a perfect pushup should be done...they'll continue doing whatever fits them best!!!!.
Victor Manuel Polanco amen brotha! Love the story 💪🏼💪🏼
Deez nutz, good work bro......just a piece of advice.....be always willing to get a reality check every now and then!!!!.I DO!!!!.I shut my ego down, recheck my basics and always lend my eyes and ears to the good advice like Corey's here.This video is a true equalizer and if someone like Corey does I put all the rest aside and I do listen!!!!!!.Keep it up bro!!!!.
Some people say just the triceps way but I've seen some big dudes on other channels doing them the way u were considering wrong but saying the triceps way was another way and the other is more bicep. but mutually agreed about the butt to high thing. I feel that I have a natural arch in my lower spine but try to have it as straight as possible. Even before I did these exercises I had right shoulder pain though. Sux .I think it's only wasting time NOT doing them at all especially being skinny like me.
Thanks brother now i know how to push up i really want to change my body and im really really thick and and my classmates always daying your muscle are really tiny and my classmate always bully with me because my muscle are so tiny and now i will fixed my body thanks again
Thank you sir for video 👍 i was Also filling pain in my elbow after push up and thank to Tell where I am wrong 🔥
I was always doing the bad push up but u helped me today.. God keep u fit more tips bro
Well what you are showing is pretty much not the right stuff. That's because good form push-up can have the elbows flared out till 30-45 degree. Everyone can't possibly tuck in their elbows like you did because of the muscle mass below their armpit (I don't know the exact name of it, I hope you guys do understand, that part which gets targeted when you do lat pulldowns). The bad form push-up is actually when the elbows are flared to 90 degrees, where all the pressure is actually upon the shoulders & elbows.
Great
Thanks for letting us know
Thanks man, your videos are great and straight to the point
i dont get the technique. Isnt a push up kinda similar to benchpress? Why dont we go for the same angle there? If I do push ups with arms close to my body I have that feeling that there is to much tension on my shoulders. Ofc same goes with diamond push ups, anyone here having shoulder issues too?
I will try your method. All the years I did push ups the bad way you showed and I have nothing to show for all that work. Of course I gave up several times. Thanks!
Great video! It seems better when you speak from experience
Grab the ground with your fingers. Create tension in your hands. This will help to generate more force.
Awesome tips bro, had that issue my elbows started to hurt. Keep up the great motivation and your looking lean and mean 💪💪💪
even that it still hurts shoulders. so there is few more tricks and also shoulder blades
And when you do it the way you suggest you put more load on the triceps which you can clearly see...same as close grip bench press more emphasis is on the triceps and NOT THE CHEST. If we trying build CHEST u want the load ON THE CHEST!
Part of me wants to do good form but other part of me wants to keep flaring my elbows because of how funny it looks
Learned a lot
Got my shoulder injured with the bad form
Nice video and thanks because im trying to teach my son and his friends so thanks again for the videos!
Thank You GOD BLESS
Hey, Corey. Just bought your workout and I'll be starting this evening. Do I test 30 sec before going into the next exercise or do all of them right after the other and then rest?
Thank you for all the great content. I just subscribed and I can't stop watching.
theonenotesong hey bro I always tell people rest as needed just make sure to push yourself! Thanks for subscribing!
Corey Hall thank you, Corey. Also is 3 workouts a week enough? I do have some fat lose. Can I do cardio or jump rope during my days off?
my mistake is flaring my elbows what do i do?
It looks like I was doing bad pushups all the time I and yet my elbows didn't hurt and I could feel my chest doing the work.
I think the position depends of the muscles you're trying to work out.
I've seen some calisthenic guy (blue shorts) that use to curve his spine at the top position.
And he has more subs than you.
Well, not exactly curve the spine, almost like the angry or scared cat posture
What are u trying to gain? Muscles? Streght? Resistance?
Its for better range of motion
isn't the push ups with hands more than shoulder width apart and elbows flared out a different variation of the push up (wide push ups)?? they put more pressure on ur chest
Shreyas Rawulwar I'd say do them at your own risk. I did them that way for a few weeks and no I'm having to rest a painful right elbow.
Thank you man it's so amazing
Wide push-ups are not "bad" push-ups, they just work out different muscle groups.
Yeah this guy is dumb
You can do wide pushups without flaring the elboe
Happy for the lessons
don't do "girl pushups" instead if you have trouble doing regular pushups lay flat on the floor and push up, your legs remaining flat like the back stretch.
Thanks Corey I got more information to you about proper pushUps nice men👍
Thanks for the tips.
I learned something for you the proper push up to avoid injury
Thanks for explaining well.
I have been a trainer for 20 years and I have to say you should not been teaching people anything fitness. Not only are you wrong about the push ups but you don’t even know what push ups are supposed to work. Just stop please
Thank you so much. Your pushups look great!!!
What if you go for wide arm push up,can you show us how its done pls
Thank you my friend 😇
Form is very important good video
One tip I have for you: do not look forward while doing push-ups. Look down! Your neck will thank you
Learned that the hard way few yrs back, I hurt my neck one time doing that
@@abc876 Yes, but in the video, he's saying that it's better to do push-ups while looking forward...
What if you dont want to raise or sink your thigh?
Seems like good and honest advices thanks
Thanks for the info 😊😊
i curve my back so i reduce pain when doing a push up so that's pretty bad ig
The head has to be in a neutral position, not look up, he's wrong with the head.
This is bullshit! He is just doing a tricep variation of a push up.Pushups can be done wide for chest pectoral muscle workout or with arms close to your sides for triceps.It is not wrong to vary the position of your arms to work different muscle groups as you do with a wide grip for lats and a narrow one for bicep chin ups.Do not listen to his reason for a sore elbow.He may have tennis elbow from some other reason but wide position push ups was not the cause of his bad elbow.miss diagnosis of injury is no reason to stop doing normal and variable position push ups
Thank you for explaining it
it's true bro I have the pain on my shoulders
Yes bye me too
Nice boutta get my goal now ayee
Really helpful video exactly what I was looking for.
Always good advices!
Look down, NOT forward.
Nope forward
Ty bro
Very good description 👍🏻 greatings from Germany 🙋🏼♂️
Really enjoyed your video , keep it up .
I have a beer gut.. so when the gut touches the the floor I go back up. I don't want the gut hence I'm trying to lose it.
I found that 45 degree is a good form too. The way you do has zero degree. Correct?
So basically military push ups are the way to go
hey, man. how can I do a diamond pushup like this? I was training that before the notification of your video. haha
Rafael Casa its possible to do in that way just tuck in ur elbows it will a little bit harder. If u flare out ur elbows ur essentially making it easier for urself
Thank you
Thanks
What about when ur doing wide push ups for a wider chest???
He doing triceps push ups. 80% goes triceps(lateral head)& shoulder.
Their is different way of doing wide push up.
Your hands would be placed vertically not horizontally.
So when i do pushups i touch my chest inch from ground is that bad or good
I touch the ground to get the full range..but thats just me
it's good because touching the ground you are resting
There are so many variations for pushups...
Very helpful 😊
but i wanna do wide pushups
thanks for the video :)
Great video.👍
Good video, man.
very nice but we need more explain about beginners please
cuz of that i sub
What I want to know is..is it okay to do real pushups every day...lets say 20 real icemetric push ups..whos got real input on this? Let me,know soon
But have got results with that wrong way of doing pushups
Because it technically does work your chest a little more. But it doesn't work your triceps and shoulders as much, as well as being prone to injury.
It's not the 'wrong way' it targets your chest more than keeping your arms in.
This guys is like a 12 year old guru, lol.
Good job keep it up
Thank you, it's so useful
I'm going back to the drawing board with "girl" push-ups cause my form stinks. Thank you