Just over here, pretty damn excited!!! I had someone deliver some amazing news to me this week!⠀
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Let me back up……⠀
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Pushups on toes can be really hard for some women. You can be strong in other ways, but really struggle to get off your knees for those darn pushups. The issue is that you are doing them on your knees. Knee pushups breed more knee pushups.⠀
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So what’s a better modification?⠀
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Eccentric pushups!⠀
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Start in a plank position, on hands and toes. Then SLOWLY lower yourself down, literally as SLOW as you can go. Hold strong for as long as possible, until you just can’t hold it anymore, and drop on to your chest on the floor. Rest for a second, and then get back up into plank position again, and repeat! Instead of the action being to push-up, we are focusing on slowly lowering ourselves to the ground, taking as long as possible to get there.⠀
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Now fast forward in time……⠀
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A strong woman I know came to me about a month ago because she could NOT do a single pushup on her toes, and was so frustrated! I instructed her on eccentric pushups.⠀
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Then this week……..⠀
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“Hey Jenni, I just wanted to tell you something. You know how you showed me how to do those push-ups? Well I had a goal of trying to get to 10 push-ups on my toes by the time summer came. I just did a test, and I could already do five on my toes! So now my goal is 50 pushups by summer!”⠀
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Best type of news to hear!!!⠀
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P.S. I love how our bodies adapt to stressors like exercise. Breaks me down, and I will come back stronger 💪🏽⠀