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Push-Up Allsorts
Saturday, 2007 | Dr J | Leave a Comment
Push-ups are just a bodyweight substitute for the bench press right?
Wrong! Push-ups engage the muscles that stabilise the scapulae, those big bones under your lats, like no other.
“So what?” you say. Well according to Bill Hartman and Mike Robertson in a recent t-nation article:
Crappy scapular position leads to crappy scapular stability which leads to crappy rotator cuff function!
“Push-ups are boring,” you say, but have you tried
T push-ups
Close grip push-ups
One foot elevated push-ups
Grass hopper push-ups
Spiderman push-ups
Swiss ball push-ups
Then there are
Push-ups with bands
Push-ups with chains
And Medball push-ups
As demonstrated in Hartmans’ and Robertsons’ article
Or
One handed push-ups
Clapping push-ups
Diamond push-ups
….
Come on, give me twenty!