Push-ups to train your abdominal muscles

Push-ups are an exercise that we are all familiar with, but recently many people have neglected this exercise. This exercise has many benefits for us. Doing more proper exercise can help improve our body functions. In short, it is beneficial to our body. However, many people do not pay attention to their own exercise. I believe everyone is particularly interested in whether push-ups can exercise abdominal muscles. Let me briefly explain it.

push-up:

Exercise arm strength, pectoralis major, waist strength, and whole body strength

Narrow-grip push-ups build arm strength.

Wide-grip push-ups work the pectoralis major.

When talking about push-ups, everyone will think of the action of supporting the body with both hands and rising and falling on the ground. So how should push-ups be practiced? How many ways are there? What are the different effects of each method? The reporter interviewed Mr. Liu Lianjun, visiting professor of Hebei Institute of Physical Education and national martial arts champion.

There are at least 8 ways to do push-ups.

1. Chest expansion. Use the palms of your hands as support points, open your arms as wide as your shoulders or wider than your shoulders, keep your back, waist and hips in a straight line, use your elbows to exert force, and bend your arms. This method mainly exercises the chest muscles, triceps in the upper arms and abdominal muscles.

2. Shoulder clamp style. The action is the same as above, except that the distance between the hands is narrower, and the fists are used as support points, with the knuckles facing forward. This method exercises arm strength and can increase wrist strength and fist hardness. When practicing, you should pay attention to the fact that the selected supporting surface can be soft at first and then hard, and your wrists should be kept taut when supporting to avoid sprains.

3. Iron ox plowing style. Use your fists or palms as a base of support. Place your hands on the ground and open your arms to shoulder width. Keep your toes on the ground and your hands and feet parallel. Push your head diagonally forward, use the forefoot, hands, neck, and waist together, and at the same time lower your waist and stick it to the ground. Then lift your hips, lower your waist, pull your body back, and the movement is complete. Just repeat the forward and backward movements repeatedly. This exercise focuses on the neck and strengthens the back muscles, wrists, and ankles.

4. Finger exercises. The ten fingers are mainly used as support points, and other movements are the same as the previous two methods. As the strength increases, the number of fingers touching the ground can be reduced gradually. This method mainly exercises finger strength, enhances the hand's grip, grasping power, and combined force, and allows the force to penetrate the fingertips. It should be noted that if the finger strength is not enough to support the body, you can first practice with your fingers against the wall and support your body diagonally. After your finger strength gradually increases, gradually place them on a horizontal surface to practice in order to prevent finger injuries.

There are many ways to exercise the abdominal muscles, and push-ups are a good choice. You can try to understand it. Push-ups can also bring great benefits to other aspects of our body. We must develop good exercise habits in daily life. It is very beneficial to do more push-ups, and we must also persist.