Demo: Un-Even Push-Ups Can Yoga build a strong chest? Anyone..
Added 2020-03-30 00:43:03 +0000 UTCDemo: Un-Even Push-Ups
Can Yoga build a strong chest? Anyone who comes to my men’s classes knows the answer to this question is, absolutely. Over a series of demos I’m going to teach you guys the many different push-up variations you can incorporate into your time on the mat. Up next are Un-Even Push-Ups. Set your blocks one at the middle height and one at the highest height at the top of your mat on your mat. Come into Plank with your hands on your blocks. Set your Plank. Meaning, push down into your hands without locking your elbows, push up between your shoulder blades (no valley between your shoulder blades), tuck your tailbone and push up into the back of your knees. Setting Plank ensures your whole body moves through the Push-Ups as a stable unit. As you inhale, slowly lower down. Your chest dips down to the height of or just below the surface of the high block. Exhale and press back up. Once up, change the height of each block. Inhale and slowly lower down. Exhale and press back up and then change the height of each block. Maintain your Plank throughout. Un-Even Push-Ups hit the Pecs, Deltoids, and Triceps from a multitude of angles, and help to build well-balanced muscles. Un-Even Push-Ups can be inserted into any Yoga sequence. A good place is usually right before lowering all the way down into Cobra or some other prone backbend. One thing to consider is to never lower all the way to your mat with your hands still on the blocks. This can create stress on the shoulder joints. When you finish a couple of rounds of Un-Even Push-Ups press up into Dog, set the blocks wider than your mat so you can bring your hands to your mat, then shift forward into Plank and lower all the way down for your backbend.
Give this a try. Start building a big chest so there’s more room for a big heart! 💙✌️
