the perfect pushup
 

Has anyone heard of this product for pt? It seemds kind of gimic-y to work. I was looking into getting pushup bars and was considering these. Thank you for any appreciation

what are the specifics on the product you are talking about? In general I sould say its not worth your money. Dumbells work fine as push up bars (if I am picturing the same produce you are talking about) and even better than that would be using medicine medicine balls or basketballs as an unstable surface. See the link below for an example.

http://www.xlathlete.com/view_exerci...xercise_id=206

Three kitchen chairs work great, just dip down as far as you can go.

Spend the money on a good book, you'll get more out of it.

Put your hands on the floor underneath your body and push. Use several variations on the theme to concentrait on different areas:

1. Standard - hands along side your body and even with your armpits
2. form a diamond with your hands under your sternum
3. Put your fists on the floor, similar to a standard pushup
4. Use the diamond method except put your hands out in front of your head.

The Perfect Push up
 

...is the last one:lifter
This device you refer to is designed to invert you "fists" as you press away from your body. It is a Neuro pattern much as a punch is done properly.
If you start you punch from your side with you fist with the thumb up and push out and up to about nose height while rotation your fist(palm down) then that is the motion of the perfect push up.
This devise is two separate pieces and hand placement can be as mentioned above to accent different areas of the muscles used in the push up.

Not a waste of money, but not necessary. Blitzzz

Blitz,
I believe you have the right idea. The specific item I'm talking about can be found at perfectpushup.com.

I've been using two benches together in a V shape, similliar to the three kitchen chair method, but that takes up a lot of space and isn't practical. Was looking for something small and practical to take with me back downrange (home for R&R now), was curious if the theory behind the "twist" with this product would help or if regular pushup bars would be better.

Thank you for your advice gentlemen,
SPC Fonzy

something else o try.
 

Buy two of the light kids balls ( about the size of a large soft ball) Do the push ups on those. You can rotate them as you push up and also benefit from the increased muscular coordination as your body try to stablize position on the Balls. It's a lot cheaper and work quite well. Blitzzz

rings
 

All you crossfiters know about rings!. Doing ring pushups has the same effect if not bettter than the power pushups. You also have the benefit of doing a variety of other exercises (muscle-ups,dips, pullups, back levers and the iron cross).

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They are kind of goofy but I use them myself. On my "weekly pt test workout" I usually do 80 regular pushups first, and then do sets with this. I personally think it's helped me with my pushups and I can usually get to 80 fairly quick in one sitting now, whereas before I could really only do 50.

I have found that push-up bars help you go down farther so you don't cheat yourself, in turn making regular push-ups a lot easier. The 'Perfect Push-Up' has the same type of elevation, and the twist, the benefits of that stated above.

Nothing too special, but it gave me an extra 10 on PFT's.

Agreed. My buddy recommended I get use a couple of my textbooks for elevation, and no two textbooks are of the same size, nor is any combination of all my books. Plus, the muscle confusion is awesome; going back to a standard pushup afterwards feels quite a bit easier. I hit a plateau around 65 pushups, with only 6 more for a 100 on the pushup part. With these, I maxed out at 40, but after I used them consistently, it helped me break the plane and added a few more reps. Last week, I tested myself, I was at 70 pushups.

Perfect Pushup
 

We have been using the Perfect Pushup system out here since the beginning of deployment. The first time we started using it, we all agreed that it was working our stabilizers more than a standard pushup. I haven't really noticed a difference as opposed to simply using free weight incline/decline/flat bench though. We have been having a competition lately but everyone seems to have tapered off in favor of other exercises. I think Warrior-Mentor put it best in his book 'Getting Selected', when he said "The best way to improve your push-ups, is to do push-ups".

Just my humble opinion.

Another idea. Take whatever you choose (ie. perfect push up, books, chairs, medicine balls, etc) and now wrap a band around your back to use as resistance. They are cheap and take up almost no space. Iron Woody is a good place to order from and they come in varying resistance levels. I would wait to use the bands until you are comfortable with whatever unstable surface you are using. Additionaly, you can add bands to just about any exercise you choose in the weight room. I trained with bands while deployed last year and had great results.

I couldnt find a video of band push ups, but there is one of Band DB Bench. Placing the band under the arm pits is best. See the videos and websites below.

DB Band Push Up
http://www.xlathlete.com/view_exerci...xercise_id=332

Iron Woody Bands
http://ironwoodyfitness.com/fitness-bands.php


If anyone wants anymore info on training with the bands, just PM me.

Milon