Some eaiser variations of push ups to help you build the strength to do a traditional one!

I don’t generally reblog ‘fitness’ stuff but gaddamn could I use some more arm strength.

Push-ups are my worst nightmare. I can only do 44 before I pass out on the floor.

“I can only do 44” hahaha omg I can’t even do one.

yes good

I was always frustrated how my P.E. teachers wanted all of us to go “all-or-none” and basically hurt ourselves without letting us build up from square-one like in the first gif.  Then they’d fuckin yell at us for not doing it right >:|

Knee-pushups is not square-one.

When I got my first personal trainer, she had me doing push ups almost standing upright in the weight lifting bars so that I could do 15 reps and 3 sets of them. It’s more about the technique of the push up, and if you’re pushing too much weight, you can’t exersize the correct muscles within their tolerances. This post is pretty important tto know cause of that.

I was introduced to the knee push-up last year and it was such a fucking game changer. I had NO idea it was possible to work those same muscles just with a slight variation in position. 

I wanna just verify that these are excellent for building strength, both as someone who took weights class in high school with a good teacher, and as someone who’s had a lifetime of physical therapy (not for my arms specifically, but I’ve spent a lot of time in sports medicine centers). And again, if the vertical one in the first gif is difficult, you don’t even have to lean into it like that. Start standing, and only lean as much as it takes you to lower towards the wall.

And remember, many exercises can be modified in this way! I did an image search for “modified pull up” and got exactly what I was looking for right away, which is this:

Doing pull ups on a lower bar, or from the straps with handles that gyms sometimes have (called the TRX - they can also be used to support yourself during squats and some balance exercises) is a lot easier than jumping straight into vertical pullups, and lets you build up that muscle with exercises that are still comfortable and safe for you, so you can do more sets of more reps.

As a general rule, always start with lower-strain exercises and practice good form before you work your way up. You don’t want to have to unlearn bad habits that could lead to injury later as the difficulty increases.

@imfemalewarrior I’m assuming you’ve seen this post but in case you haven’t—it seems like your kind of thing

Here are push up and pull up progressions! 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

Because I have serious issues with core strength and cannot do a sit up or a crunch without using muscles I shouldn’t and hurting myself, I looked up core exercises for beginners (because modified sit ups just have me ways to make it harder), and here’s what I found.

All from here, which also includes sit ups with the idea that you start up and don’t go all the way down.

This stuff on the bottom is some of the stuff I do for physical therapy, can vouch for it

you will never guess what I drew

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓.

“𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, ’𝐎𝐡, 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥; 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥.’ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, ‘𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥.’ 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠; 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬—’𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬’—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲, ‘𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫.’” -𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐞

“𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟏𝟗. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐭. 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞.” -𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫

Item: wristwatch containing a bored but hardworking Pixie that points at the time for you