Be sure that you’re making your workouts count.Avoid common bodyweight exercise mistakes to prevent overuse injuries and increase activation of targeted muscles.
Push ups
This exercise strengthens triceps, shoulders, abdominal muscles and core.
COMMON MISTAKE:
The lack of core stability, or the ability to keep a rigid plank.
RIGHT TECHNIQUE:
Start in a full plank position, hands shoulder width apart with your body in a straight line and everything engaged.
Lower yourself all the way to the ground, keeping your elbows rotated forward and your entire body in one straight line.
Go back to starting position however you feel comfortable.
Avoid bringing your shoulders up to your ears
Grigoris Dogas, Personal Trainer, Seminar lecturer, AthensTrainers® Associate
Model: Foteini Alexopoulou, Personal Trainer
Foteini wears collant Thesis & Bra, H&M, ULTRA BOOST X shoes.
Equipment: DECK 2.0 by ESCAPE LIMITS, BARBELL by BCUBE, YOGA MAT by INTERSPORT
Source Body Magazine, issue 51