one hand push-up

[disgruntled]

i am not one for new years resolutions, but i thought of a fun one, so i am going to give it a try.....

i want to learn how to do puch ups on one arm... but my upper body is not that strong.... i can bend my arm a little but no where near a push up.... am i better off doing that and slowly increase how much i can bend, or just doing a crap load of normal push ups to build my strength and then work on the one hand? any tips? should i do girly one armed ones then move to normal?

[complete]

When you do one handed push up, it's not so much the arm strength, it's also the technique. With one handed push up, the hard part is the balance. So, instead of normal push ups where you have both feet in parallel, you spread the leg to give you a better stance when you do one arm push up. And you also use the non-push up arm and put it on your leg or hip to give you extra support.

[The Kidd]

One armed also moves the pressure from your chest with regular push ups more to your shoulders with one arm

[disgruntled]

how do i build up to doing one?

[JaysonEmo]

shoulder shrugs and tricep extensions

[sannin227]

hmm, when i get tired doing normal pushups i can just rest on one arm ad do a few that way, maybe im just wierd

[postpunklover]

I can do 1 arm pushups.

The idea of it is to use 3 points instead of 4.
So a triangle method instead of a square.

Work on getting more reps with 2 hands then ease your way into doing it with 1 arm, since the weight is divided between both arms but with the 1 arm you suspend all the body weight on that arm.

[Little Dragon 117]

for one handed push ups, just practice it.
you really don't need all too much upper body strenght, but that would help a hell of a lot!
technique, and balance are all you need to do one, but the more reps you want to do the more upper body strenght you will need.

[futurama-freak]

new years resolution now ? Its may lol

[disgruntled]

Originally Posted by futurama-freak

new years resolution now ? Its may lol

haha look at the date i first posted.... no closer to doing one arm push ups

[wooleybugs]

the way to get good at something is to keep trying to do it.you may only manage half of a one-arm-pressup the first time you try.keep trying to go that little bit further every time and eventually you will do that elusive single rep.one rep will turn into 2 reps-eventually it will become ten repetitions and so forth and so on.in maybe a years time when you are doing 30-50 reps you will look back and laugh at the fact that you couldn't do a single rep.but you will also look forward and think'if only i could do 100 reps'!pain doesn't hurt-especially after you've finished training for the day!regards-jimbo.

[sannin227]

Try looking at my post here, might make getting there a little faster. Get the most out of a workout