STOP Doing Pushups Like This! (SAVE A FRIEND)

Do you know where your hands should go when doing push ups? There is actually one specific spot that is best for your body to ensure that you not only do proper pushups and effectively target your chest but that you keep your elbows, wrists and shoulders healthy in the process. Far too often when people do push ups they place their hands either too close or too wide on the floor. This has repercussions up the kinetic chain that can affect your shoulders or even your wrists. If you place your hands too close to each other, the angle of your wrists will be torqued in order to keep your hands flat on the floor. If you place them too wide then you will introduce too much stress to the anterior shoulder capsule and may lead to shoulder pain. This is especially true when you consider that the pushup exercise is often one of those high rep exercises that people do many of per week or even daily. Some even go as far as doing 100 pushups a day and thinking that it will help them build a bigger che