Irishprincess
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like im 5'7. would it be healthy and possible for me to do push ups?
Can i do push ups even though i weight 233 lbs?
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LiveLeanTips
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You can. Consider a few ideas, though. Start on your knees, make sure your back is in a straight line. Don't let it sag. Make sure that you can support your back with your abs. Push ups are just as much about your abs as they are about your arms and chest. Also, don't let you head hang, keep it in line with your back. And have fun! Do one for me; I just had surgery on my elbow 
Yes, there are many different modifications you can do! Try them and if it isn't working you can look up some modifications and try them a different way!
chelsea_morning
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Ayou can definitely do pushups. I like to do them on my knees with the bosu ball in front, with the hard flat plastic side facing up. start with five pushups five times every day for a week, then move up to ten per rep, then fifteen, and then you can start doing them regular style, without the bosu ball and no knees on the ground. just because you might have some extra weight doesn't mean you can't build the muscles you need to do pushups the bosu ball helps to make you work extra hard to stabilize your core, even when you're on your knees. but, it makes them a little easier because your hands aren't on the ground, they're elevated.
another thing you can do, is if you have a staircase or you know of one in your neighborhood (you could run there!) you can start with your hands on the fourth or fifth stair from the ground, do 20 or 25 or 30 (not necessarily in a row, but try and do as many as you can and then rest), then keep doing them like that for a week or two, then move down a stair. pretty soon, you will be one or two steps from the ground and ready to do them regular style!
make sure you are contracting your core - don't just scrunch your stomach muscles up... you need to (this is kind of personal) clench the muscles you use to stop the flow of urine when you're going to the bathroom. that will tighten the muscles that connect your spinal column to your gluteals/back, down through your pelvic floor, and up to your abs. your core is your abs AND your back, not just your frontside. sometimes my lower back gets really sore when i do pushups, so i find that clenching my bum cheeks together helps alleviate the stress on the lower back when i am getting fatigued. pushups are one of those things that hurt like hell, no matter how good you are at them. the difference being when you are good at them, they don't hurt until 30 or 35, and when you'rebad at them they hurt around 5 or 6!!
ALSO - when you "rest" you're not coming out of the pushup position... you can rest in "downward dog" with your butt in the air, or sag down but don't let anything but your feet and toes touch the ground for the duration of your exercise. so let's say you think, "I want to do 35 pushups." you do ten, then it hurts, so you pop up into downward dog. then when you feel a little better, you come back to a flat back position, and continue. then after three more you say, it hurts. pop up in downward dog, sag into a rest, then come back to an elevated flat back. start again. keep doing that until you get to your desired amount. even if you're not doing pushups, you're still strengthening your core and building the muscles you need to do pushups continuously.
the bosu ball helps to make you work extra hard to stabilize your core, even when you're on your knees. but, it makes them a little easier because your hands aren't on the ground, they're elevated.another thing you can do, is if you have a staircase or you know of one in your neighborhood (you could run there!) you can start with your hands on the fourth or fifth stair from the ground, do 20 or 25 or 30 (not necessarily in a row, but try and do as many as you can and then rest), then keep doing them like that for a week or two, then move down a stair. pretty soon, you will be one or two steps from the ground and ready to do them regular style!
make sure you are contracting your core - don't just scrunch your stomach muscles up... you need to (this is kind of personal) clench the muscles you use to stop the flow of urine when you're going to the bathroom. that will tighten the muscles that connect your spinal column to your gluteals/back, down through your pelvic floor, and up to your abs. your core is your abs AND your back, not just your frontside. sometimes my lower back gets really sore when i do pushups, so i find that clenching my bum cheeks together helps alleviate the stress on the lower back when i am getting fatigued. pushups are one of those things that hurt like hell, no matter how good you are at them. the difference being when you are good at them, they don't hurt until 30 or 35, and when you'rebad at them they hurt around 5 or 6!!
ALSO - when you "rest" you're not coming out of the pushup position... you can rest in "downward dog" with your butt in the air, or sag down but don't let anything but your feet and toes touch the ground for the duration of your exercise. so let's say you think, "I want to do 35 pushups." you do ten, then it hurts, so you pop up into downward dog. then when you feel a little better, you come back to a flat back position, and continue. then after three more you say, it hurts. pop up in downward dog, sag into a rest, then come back to an elevated flat back. start again. keep doing that until you get to your desired amount. even if you're not doing pushups, you're still strengthening your core and building the muscles you need to do pushups continuously.