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creativelyric:
PREVIOUS QUESTION: Pushup form

'Sup Lance.

I've started doing 7 Weeks to 100 Pushups and 7 Weeks to 50 Pullups for my upper body.

To make the former program harder I do my pushups weighted with 45 lbs. on my back, but I don't really know what proper form is besides being shoulder width and... y'know, pushing. I know with pullups you focus on your elbows doing the pulling (which helped a lot, by the way); is there something similar for pushups?

The reason I ask is because I experience shoulder pain now and then, and I can only guess that I'm doing them wrong sometimes.

LanceSTS:

  Yea, with push ups make sure to "screw" the hands to the floor.  What that means is, imagine youre trying to pull the floor apart with your hands.  This will externally rotate the upper arms and put your shoulder in a stronger position.  Make sure to keep your shoulders pulled back as well, the chest should be on stretch even at the top of the rep.

creativelyric:
It helped a lot. Instantly felt the difference when I started out trying to pull the floor apart. Thanks, Lance.

LanceSTS:

--- Quote from: creativelyric on July 26, 2012, 02:22:03 am ---It helped a lot. Instantly felt the difference when I started out trying to pull the floor apart. Thanks, Lance.

--- End quote ---

glad it helped bud.

creativelyric:
Yo Lance, I'm gonna switch things up; I've been sl box squatting for a while, but now I want to progress my full pistol squat. I had a workout session last Saturday where I lowered to a full pistol squat depth (broke parallel and then some), but then I saw this. Would something like that be better than going to full? Just curious.

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