Pushups For Functional Strength.



Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007

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As you probably already know if you have been reading magazines pushups are on their way back as a way as conditioning, but the experts are still using the pushup only as a way to pump up, to get the blood flowing.

The pushup is far more than a warmup to exercise or to finish off a workout, you can get a great workout using pushups as part of your regular workouts.

Using your own bodyweight will condition your body extremely fast and the pushup is a total body conditioner that can strengthen your body as a whole.

To burn more more fat and build lean muscle you need to find ways to work as many muscles as possible at the same time, this is the way to fast results.

To many people are more concerned about weight loss instead of fat loss and there is a big difference, we want to keep lean muscle and lose fat.

If we get caught up in what we read we will continue to jog and lift weights and we will get the same results.

The pushup will work the whole body, and will also build alot of strength throughout the core, the pushup also acts as a isometric movement.

Isometrics are tensing the muscles without movement and if you hold the pushup position for extended periods of time you will be working the body in an isometric fashion and this will stimulate more fat burning not to mention the way your muscles will be worked.

By holding the pushup position as straight as possible your abdominals and lower back will get a great workout.

This seems to be an easy exercise considering so many people have weak abdominals and lower backs.

Pushups will strengthen the body as one and this is where functional strength comes in, this is how true physical fitness and strength are built.

Pushups can be done at different angles on different surfaces, and this is what builds strength- working your body as many different ways as possible.

A great pushup exercise can be done with two medicine balls, either the same size or different sizes it doesn't matter, you use the medicine balls like pushup bars - you will have to work harder because you have to keep the balls from rolling away and this will build a strong body not to mention a rock hard core.

Johnny Grube B.C.S. is the holder of 4 physical fitness world records and is an expert on the subject of bodyweight training. He has over 25 years of training experience and is the author of The Wildman Training Program manual , The New Expanded version The Wildman Training Course and The Super Strength Playground Training Manual. The Backyard Functional Fitness Manual

for more videos go to youtube key word johnny grube and his blog

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» left by Mark D
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Great article..we need more articles like this and less garbage
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