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Confused, hand positions?

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hey guys hope you can help, im relativerly new to training for the RM and my max press ups are 30 in a go. However ive only done this twice recently the rest of the times i burn out at around 20. Im sure this hasnt been posted before, if so i apologise.

Im sure its not due to fatigue or not being warmed up properly.

I was wondering if its my hand positions, i know they are meant to be shoulder level, but does that mean directly below shoulder and what part of the hands. Palm behind, level slightly infront?

I read somewhere that even a few inchs can affect your push ups dramatically? Any detail information would be great.

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Palms directly below your shoulders, fingers closed together facing forwards. Your arms should be totally vertical.
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As above,

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Post by Mephis »

hi maritime

is that 20 in 2 mins or just when you have to stop for a breather?
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Post by maritime_marine »

Do you think that having hands slightly differant can be the problem. Do hands have to be directly underneith or slightly wider than shoulder?

Thats 20 or 30 depending in one go, i havent ever tried 2 minutes because after ive ''maxed'' out on either of the sets ive usually fatiqued.

My next post was gunna be about lasting 2 mins actually, and tips with resting and technique/methods?

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Post by GGHT »

Mate I used to worry about things like this genuinely, before RT.

DON'T! Pressups form is the last thing you will care about in RT mate.

For the record i'd say slightly wider, elbows slightly out.

In tests you keep your hips/ass up, looking forward, you are allowed to pause but the longer you pause the more lactic builds up.

I used to do sets of three of four when I was dangling out, rest for 2-3 then another 3-4.
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Post by Mephis »

ive been doing wide arm press ups for 5 weeks, is this wrong then ?
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Mephis wrote:ive been doing wide arm press ups for 5 weeks, is this wrong then ?
You need to start doing the press-ups shown in the picture straight away. The press-ups on the prmc are done like this.

When you first start doing them like this it will be hard but after alot of them you will find gradually getting easier. I myself fine the Marine style press-ups easier than wide arms now.
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Post by Mephis »

cheers Jcap ive got my prmc soon so best crack on
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