- ALTERNATIVE: WALL PUSHUP
If you aren’t ready for full pushups, an easy way to get started is with a wall pushup. Once you’ve nailed the wall pushup, you can begin to gradually move your upper body closer to the ground.
For example, you could move from a wall pushup to a pushup from a high table with your feet on the ground, then a low table, and so on. The higher your head is above your feet, the easier the movement. Go ahead and try it.
- PROGRESSION: BENCH PRESS
A bench press uses many of the same upper body muscles as a pushup.
It’s progressive in the sense that you can easily increase the amount of weight you add to a bench press bar.
You could potentially do the same for a pushup by adding weight to your back, or maybe a small child, but we don’t recommend this.
