Testing Yourself With The Dead-Stop Pushup
Start getting into a pushup position with your body straight first as shown in the picture. Now, this is the part where it’s different from a standard pushup where you lower your body to the floor and lift your hands off the floor. Pause awhile, then with one swift move, push yourself up explosively. Do as my reps as you can in 60 seconds. 20 pushups are the average and 30 means you’re pretty fit.
Increase Your Strength with the Dead-Stop Pushup
To increase strength, you can simply add this new variation of pushups to your weekly workouts. Do 5 sets of the pushups and by following this plan as shown below. Take your time as patience is required to reach your goal: 30 perfect form pushups. Remember that superman wasn’t made in a day. Maybe he was but you get the point! Week 1: Do 40% of Your Test Number Week 2: Do 40% of Your Test Number Week 3: Do 50% of Your Test Number Week 4: Do 60% of Your Test Number *So if you’ve tried the pushups and on the first day, you could only manage 10 pushups, do 4 pushups per set.
Work towards perfecting it
Here are some tips that could help you perfect this pushup so you get the best out of it:
