Push Ups - How low?

[nikon]

If you put your head down when doing pushups just don't do what I did a few months ago and put your forehead into the hardwood gym floor. Wow, what a crack that made! I was seeing stars for a couple hours afterwards.:D

Oh well, it made my drill instructors day.:rolleyes:

hahahha

Thanks everyone for the replies

http://www.in.gov/ilea/fitness/fitpushups.html

This has been very helpful

[Sphagnum]

Situps are still a bit of a chore and so is the run. I have the benchpress outta the way and can do the pushups but I fear that I am not getting down far enough. Is elbows at 90 degrees far enough down? Should I try to go lower?

I do pushups in my underwear and I go until the tip of my nose and my penis touch the ground at the same time. This way I know I'm all the way down and I also know that my body is staying level :p

[md123]

In the NYSP we have to have our chest go down to no more than 4 inches from the floor when being tested. A fist is a very good rule of thumb (no pun intended). When we are tested they have 4" foam blocks placed under our chest which we must touch when doing the pushups. The penis/nose thing sounds like a viable option too, if you are so equipped, - for training purposes but don't bring that up when being tested. (Again, no pun intended.)

[Strijder]

Michigan's MCOLES standard uses a 3" high pad that beeps when depressed; I practiced going all the way down (chest to floor) and it made a much bigger difference in my testing total.

[Upandatem]

I do pushups in my underwear and I go until the tip of my nose and my penis touch the ground at the same time. This way I know I'm all the way down and I also know that my body is staying level

Well if I used that method I'd have to be a couple feet off the ground. At least. :rolleyes:

:D

[Sphagnum]

Well if I used that method I'd have to be a couple feet off the ground. At least. :rolleyes:

:D

Haha, I wear boxer breifs... keeps everything neatly "packaged"

[Upandatem]

Haha, I wear boxer breifs... keeps everything neatly "packaged"

Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh, way more than I needed to know. :rolleyes: