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2134: 5 Common Push-Up Mistakes to Avoid by Steve Kamb

Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and Nutrition

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Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

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🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness shares 5 common push-up mistakes to avoid. Episode 2134: 5 Common Push-Up Mistakes to Avoid by Steve Kamb Steve Kamb started exercising back in high school without really knowing what he was doing. Through high school and college, he made every training mistake known to man and got zero results. It wasn’t until he graduated college and learned the right way to train that he started to see positive changes. He's a nerd, but likes fitness… so why not combine the two and turn life into one giant video game? And thus, in the fall of 2009, NerdFitness.com was born! The original post is located here: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/5-common-push-up-mistakes-to-avoid/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Optimal Health Daily, episode 2134. Five common push-up mistakes to avoid by Steve Cam of nerdfitness.com.

0:39.3

And I'm Dr. Neil Malik, your host.

0:42.0

Welcome back to Optimal Health Daily or welcome for the first time if you're new here.

0:46.2

This is the podcast where I act as your very own personal narrator

0:49.4

and read to you from some of the most popular health and fitness blogs online.

0:53.8

And with that,

0:54.8

let's get right to it as we optimize your life. Five Common Push-Up Mistakes to Avoid by Steve

1:05.1

of nerdfitness.com. Push-ups. Maybe the most primal and basic of all exercises. We all know what they are. We all try to

1:15.1

do them and know they're good for us. But like squats and pull-ups, 95% of the people I see doing

1:21.2

push-ups do them wrong. Rut-ro. Right now, you might be wondering whether you're in the 95% or the 5%. You might also be

1:29.9

wondering what the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is. Well, I can help you with both of

1:35.5

those. The answer to the second question is 11 meters per second. As for the first question,

1:40.6

I'm going to make sure you are in the 5% by the end of this article. Here are the five

1:45.3

most common mistakes I see when people do push-ups. If you're concerned at all about your

1:49.9

shoulder health or longevity of your muscles and building functional strength, listen on. Build an

1:56.0

incredibly solid foundation and you'll be on your way to attempting more complex body weight movements

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