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How To Make Push ups More Doable

How To Make Push ups More Doable

By Mohamad Alodah

For many people push-ups are hard to do, and I am not directing my talk to women only but men as well. There are different reasons for that such as not practicing push-ups during the younger age when in Elementary School or not being relatively physically active. Therefore, muscular weakness is inevitable.

Push-Ups are no exception so the regular Push-Up Exercise becomes very challenging if not impossible to perform. I will provide three examples for you to practice to gain strength in the upper body, and, in particular, the pectoral and shoulder muscles.


Do This Exercise First: The Wall Push-Ups


This exercise is, as its name indicates to perform push-ups, where you place your hands on the wall and start performing this exercise for as many repetitions as you can.


You can also vary the intensity by pausing two seconds after each Wall Push-Up, and perform as many as you can as long as you are following good form.


Do This Exercise Next: The Bench Push-Ups

Actually this exercise can be done with not only a bench but a chair, bed, sofa, or any sturdy and fixed object to safely place your hands on to perform the exercise.

All these objects are lower and closer to the ground than a wall; therefore, the weight will increase and make it more challenging. But still, ths exercise is not as challenging as the regular push-ups that are done on the floor.


Practice this exercise for another two weeks, and perform as many repetitions as you can for two or more sets.


Do This Exercise Next: The Knee Push-Ups

This will be done on the floor just like the regular push-up except you will have your knees as a support and not your feet like the regular one. The resistance will still not be as intense as the regular exercise, but it will be close.


Perform the Knee Push-Ups for one week, and then gradually do the regular push-up for the next day for only a few repetitions. Do not push yourself too much so you dont disappoint yourself.


Go back and forth between the regular and knee push-ups until you are capable of doing 8 to 10 push-ups.