Tricep and shoulder push ups and guide doing it. This is a great triceps and shoulder exercise, it is of kind of push-up that when it is performed correctly helps to train the triceps and the shoulder muscles. It is one of the two in one fitness exercise that can perform anywhere.What makes the triceps and shoulder push ups to be different from the normal push-ups is that, the triceps and shoulder push ups is performed with your arms close together and parallel when you go down, without open sideways when going down and your elbows stay close to your trunk. It is the great alternative to close grip bench press.
How to do tricep and shoulder pushups
Lie as if your are about to perform the normal push-ups and plant your hands firm on the floor and lean forward. You must be focus in using your abdominal strength to lift your body up throughout the exercise.
The distance between your hands should be about one shoulder width apart. Make sure that your hands are under your stomach. Your legs must remain straight throughout. Your back should be straight throughout the exercise and do not hollow your back when going down or when you getting back up, your arms must remain parallel throughout the performance, extend your arms and squeeze your triceps.
Lower your chest slowly toward the floor then, push up yourself back up and inhale as you go. Do not bend your legs throughout the performance, your chest should touches the floor or almost to the floor and exhale as you do.
The lower position should be slightly slower than the up position and do not be too fast when doing this exercise. Do not create momentum or any difficulties that can jeopardized the good performance of this exercise. This exercise should be perform correctly in way it supposed to be perform, repeat the process again to your desire reps.
Safety steps to follow when doing tricep and shoulder pushups.
Plant your hands firm on the floor
Make sure that your hands is under your stomach when you go down.
The distance between your hands should be about one shoulder width apart.
Your hands should be under your stomach.
Do not be too fast when performing this exercise.
Your arms should remain parallel throughout the performance.
Be in concentration throughout the exercise.
Your back should be straight throughout the exercise.
Do not hollow your back when going down or when you getting back up.
Your back must remain straight throughout the performance.
Lower your chest slowly toward the floor.
Your chest should touches the floor or almost to the floor.
Do not bend your legs throughout the performance
Go down slowly and push yourself up slowly.
The lower position should be slightly slower than the up position.
Do not create momentum or any difficulties that can jeopardised the good performance.
Perform this exercise correctly in way it supposed to be perform.
You may need to be assisted during the performance.
Tricep and shoulder push ups benefits
Triceps and shoulder push-up help to train triceps muscle.
It also boost more triceps muscle.
It is one of the best triceps exercise you can do anywhere.
It helps strengthen your shoulders.
It helps to train the triceps muscles.
It help to train and strengthen shoulders.
Triceps and shoulder push-up also help trains the chest muscles.
It can boost more shoulder side and partially train your abdominal muscles.
Down bellow are more important fitness exercises, workouts that you should lookup to that would help you transform and re-balance your body:
- Front plate raises
- Reverse curl barbel
- EZ or barbell abdominal rollout
- Single leg standing calf raise dumbbell
- standing shrug
- stiff leg deadlift
- Donkey calf raise
- seated cable raw workout
- standing dumbbell curls
- Triceps bench dip
- Abdominal side bent for your obliques
- Wrist curl with the barbell or EZ
- Decline bench press chest exercise
- One arm dumbbell rows to straighten your back
- Barbell lunge for your gluts