BODYWEIGHT BASICS - Bodyweight Training - Functional Fitness Without Weights

9.09.2008

The Perfect Pushup?

I checked the 'ol mail bag this morning and pulled out a good one. Take a look:

Hello John,

I receive your emails every day and I love them along with the other web sites you have. what brought me here is something called "The Perfect Push Up." I've incorporated it along with some other bodyweight excercise you recommend and found it to be unique. Have you tried it and if so, what do you think about it?

Thank you,
Jesse S.

Hi Jesse, Im glad you brought that up. I saw a bunch of info-mercials for the
Perfect Pushup and thought it was just another gimmick. However, a few weeks
later I was at a sporting goods in Cincinnati and I tried it... It was pretty good,
and I was pleasantly surprised.

I even considered featuring them on my website but now you can find them pretty much everywhere so it wouldn't be worth it for me. However, I urge everyone to give them a try just to see. And like many times in my life I was skeptical... until I actually tried it.

If you aren't familiar with the "Perfect Pushup" it is two rotating handles which you can use as you press with your arms -- do a google search and this explanation may make a bit more sense.

Of course "regular" pushups are good too, the PP just adds (literally) a new twist.

Train hard,
John Wood

P.S. If you want to learn some other "unusual" pushup variations such as
knife-fighter pushups, spider ups and "crush" pushups, you can find them in
this book: Bodyweight Training for Extraordinarly Strength

Labels: Bodyweight Exercise, Bodyweight Training, Knife-Fighter Pushups, Perfect Pushup, Pushups