The Perfect Pushup exercise tools are moveable handles that lie on the floor and that you hold onto while doing pushups. Because they are not fixed, they require your muscles to work harder to stabilize your body through the entire range of motion of the pushup. This works your core, pecs and all of the smaller stabilizer muscles in your shoulders and arms. Start with the basic pushup and do ten workouts before trying another workout.
Step 1
Place the Perfect Pushup handles at little more than shoulder width apart in the horizontal position. Position your chest above the handles with your arms straight. Lift your hips so they are in line with your shoulders. Straighten your legs and hold yourself up on your toes.
Step 2
Bend your elbows out to your sides and lower yourself toward the floor. Twist the handles inwards as you lower yourself and inhale.
Step 3
Turn the handles to a fully vertical position when your body is one inch above the handles.
Step 4
Push back up and twist the handles outwards to the horizontal position. Exhale as you do so.
Step 5
Do as many pushups as you can until you reach exhaustion or break form.
Step 6
Move the handles two hands' width further apart than they were at shoulder width. Do one pushup from this wide position.
Step 7
Move the handles so that they are directly below your shoulders, and do one more pushup.
Step 8
Take one day off. Follow that with one or two regular pushup, one wide pushup and one close pushup every other day, for a total of ten workouts.
Tips and Warnings
- Download free workouts from the Perfect Pushup website (see Resources).
- Do not do the pushups from the toe position if you cannot hold your body up. Any back arching or hip-dropping means you should try the pushups on your knees first. Once you do ten workouts on your knees, then try the pushups on your toes.
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