As a freshman biology student, Garry Y. Itkin has tried to find ways to survive his life as a student through creative and affordable ways that he can think of. He has also been able to keep himself fit with some simple exercises in his dorm. Today, he shares some suggestions on how to get better at doing pushups.
If you have not been doing pushups regularly, there’s a good chance that you have an extraordinarily difficult time doing them when you try again. Perhaps at best, you may be able to do only a few of them in succession, and this becomes a reason for you not to try any further at all, says Garry Y. Itkin.
This is the story of many frustrated people who have experienced firsthand what it means to halt one’s progress out of initial discomfort. The truth is, you can gradually train yourself to do pushups methodically so that you still realize your objective, albeit at a slower, more manageable pace.
You can always start by doing pushups on an incline. This does not give you the kind of heavy resistance that stops you on your tracks. However, it provides you with enough of a challenge to prepare you for more complex stages along your way to mastery. Garry Y. Itkin suggests that when you feel that you have become stronger, work your way up to a more level stance.
For some people, doing pushups on their knees as a starting point has been a good enough way to start. This eliminates the strain on your torso, which is really what makes doing pushups quite difficult. Like in the previous point, you can progress into the standard pushup when you become stronger. Always challenge yourself to do things harder than you did the day before.
Garry Y. Itkin 