Fitness Friday #13: 5 push-up variations

Push-ups are one of my favorite body strength moves. Like planks, push-ups work a variety of muscle groups: abdominals, pectorals, deltoids, and triceps to name a few.

Performing push-ups always makes me feel strong. There was a time when I couldn’t even perform one solid push-up. I pushed myself to do this 100 push-up challenge, which was overwhelming and awesome at the same time.

Once I started teaching beachbody formats – PiYo Live and Turbo Kick first – I started incorporating push-ups into classes.

Then things got interesting.

I would only perform a basic, simple push-up, but teaching these beachbody formats opened my eyes to a whole range of push-up variation possibilities.

For fun this week, here are a few of my all-time favorite push-up varieties:

1) Single-leg push-up

2) Downward dog push-up

3) Triangle push-up

4) Push-up with shoulder tap

5) Push-up jacks

Give these a try!