Push-up Cues

Here are a few push-up cues to use. Push-ups are important for females because they can significantly enhance the strength of the related musculature (anterior shoulder — delts/pecs — and triceps) which will augment the press and bench. They have more of an effect on girls within their first year or so of training, on taller or long-limbed girls, or girls with a weak upper body. Push-ups, of course, would be used in conjunction with strength training movements like the press, bench, and push-press (dips too, but if the push-ups aren’t great, chances are the dips aren’t possible).



Primary passive/positional cues:
– First finger at 11 & 1
– Hands flat
– Chest up

Primary active cues:
– “Elbows over wrists”
or
– “Elbows to ribs”