Overview
The wide grip push ups are great exercise for developing upper body strength, core stability and building the chest muscles. They can be easily performed everywhere and almost everybody from the beginner to the advanced bodybuilder can take a benefits from doing them. The wide grip puts the emphasis more on the chest muscles rather than the shoulder and triceps, so your chest are going to failure before them.
Preparation
Lie on the floor with your face down and body straight with your toes on the floor and your palms wider than a shoulder width. Lift your head up, puff your chest toward the floor, flex your abs, and slightly bend your arms. This is the starting position.
Execution
As you inhale start to slowly lower yourself down, until your chest touch the floor. From this position push yourself back to the starting position by contracting your chest muscles and exhale. Hold the contraction for a second at the top and begin the next repetition.
Recommendations
- Keep your abdominal muscles tight, the body in one line and don’t allow your pelvis to go down.
- Keep your head up and your chest puffed out
- Don’t lock out your elbow at the top to keep the tension on the chest, not on your triceps.
- Perform the negative part of the movement for twice longer time than the positive.