Ultimate Push-up Guide: Do A Push Up With Proper Form

The push-up is one of the best exercises on the planet.

It’s a foundational movement in strength training, and an exercise EVERYBODY should be doing regularly.

However, it’s also an exercise that about 95% of people get wrong and do incorrectly.

A push-up is one of the exercises we really focus on with our Online Coaching Clients. We make sure each client has great form, and use the exercise as a gateway to many other strength training exercises! 

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Fortunately, after reading today’s ultimate guide, you’ll know exactly how to do a proper push-up with correct form:

Let’s jump right in!

How to Set up for a Proper Push-up (Staging)

When it comes to push-ups, your form is crucial. Each push-up needs to be done with proper form so that your total reps measured from workout to workout are on equal footing.

If you did 20 push-ups two days ago, and then today you did 25 push-ups by only going down halfway, sticking your ass up in the air, etc., it’s absolutely impossible to tell if you got any stronger.

Here’s how to get into proper push-up position:

1) On the ground, set your hands at a distance that is slightly wider than shoulder-width…