The push-up
We spend so much time analyzing every movement here at CrossFit. The one exercise that doesn’t get the attention it deserves, the push-up. It’s simple by nature, but, if they are not our strength, how do we change that?
Practice makes perfect! Wrong, perfect practice makes perfect. And here’s where we go wrong. Every rep has to be perfect if we hope to get better and stronger.
If you do not have the strength to come back up from a proper push-up, does that mean that your descent should be compromised? NO! And that is where we fail. We fail to descend correctly (Chest to ground, with a neutral head and neck, planked position, elbows in, finger tips inline with shoulders), because we already believe that we can’t make it back up. It’s time to re-think that approach! Descend correctly every time. Modify the movement so that we can make it back up. If we cannot descend correctly from our knees or toes, then the movement needs to modified even further. If you struggle with push-ups you are not alone. Take this movement just as you would a deadlift, squat, pull-up. Learn the right way to do it, even if it means doing less. Once it is correct and efficient, then you will see improvements in numbers. And, I should mention, get there injury free!
Another bench mark:
Tuesday’s WOD:
Angie
100 pull-ups
100 push-ups
100 sit-ups
100 squats
scale as needed
Jordan
Programming note. Thursday will not be make up day. There will be a new WOD put in there to make up for Monday’s loss.
October 14, 2009 5:00 am 
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