Pushup Workout Program

A great pushup workout program can offer a killer workout for the entire upper body. Not only will your arms get ripped, but your chest and back will also be targeted. Do pushups on a stability ball and you can even include your side abdominals.

There's no doubt that pushups (or pressups) are great arm exercises. Unfortunately, most people find doing pushups to be extremely difficult, or even impossible. If an exercise is too difficult to do, it won't be done and the benefits of the exercise will never be reaped.

Since pushups are so difficult for most people, the ideal way to reach great upper body strength through a pushup workout program is to use a program that builds up over time. If you cannot yet execute a perfect pushup, start with modified forms of pushups and build up to the traditional version of a pushup. Can you do a perfect pushup, but not 50 consecutive ones? Then it's time to work on building up the amount of perfect pushups you can do in a row.

A pushup should be done through your upper body muscles, without recruiting your glutes or pulling your body out of alignment. Keeping a straight line from the crown of your head down to your toes, push yourself up off the ground with your hands shoulder width apart, flat on the ground. In a controlled manner, lift your body up off the ground and then bring it slowly back down to the ground. The more repetitions of this pushup you can do, the better the reward you will reap from doing it.

If you can do traditional pushups and feel no need to vary your workout, doing consecutive pushups is an excellent workout in and of itself. See if you can increase the number of pushups you do each day by increasing by five pushups each week. If you can do 15 at the start, aim for 20 next week. In a month's time, you will see drastic results. Need some inspiration? Check out this slideshow of pictures of women's biceps.

If you don't yet have the strength to perform traditional pushups, you can start out by watching this Complete Beginner Pushup Workout Program instructional YouTube video. The instructor helps beginners learn proper technique as well as get rolling on a pushup workout while inspiring beginners to jump right in even if they can't yet do a proper pushup.

For those who can't yet manage a real pushup, several modifications can make pushups a reasonable goal:

• Wall Pushups: Stand facing a sturdy wall and put your arms out straight in front of you on the wall. Lean into the wall and push yourself with your arms (without recruiting your legs) back into an upright position.
• Knee Pushups: Position yourself on the ground like traditional pushups and use your knees instead of your toes as an anchor point. Make sure to use an adequate cushion or soft enough floor so that you don't hurt your knees while doing this modification.
• Fist Pushups: For those whose wrists get irritated by the traditional pushup, making a fist instead of flexing your hands on the floor can provide relief, especially when paired with the knee modification.

Once you've practiced some modifications for some time and graduated to traditional pushups, it can be beneficial both to your muscles and to your motivation to integrate some variations into your workout. While traditional pushups are an excellent way to exercise at home without weights, simply doing 100 pushups a day can get boring over time. Check out the following video of expert tips on Pushup Variations. These variations can add an extra challenge to your pushup workout as well as breaking the monotony that many people experience from doing 100 pushups a day.

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