I try to do the real ones, but sometimes during an intense group class I have to do them from my knees. I look around my class and usually it's 50/50... and I hate myself for being in the 50% that's doing the "modified pushups"!
My hope is that over the next few months, I can start doing the real pushups all of the time.
When you do pushups, do you do the real ones or do you do them from your knees?
pomelo / 5000 posts
From the knees, and even those are hard for me! I'm trying to work up to the real deal, too.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
From my knees. I'm trying to work up to real ones but it is taking a long time!
coconut / 8234 posts
I only take a knee after I've maxed out on full-on pushups. At one point in my life I could do 100 straight. I hope to get there again!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
The real ones. The in-between modifier is doing them on a low bar at the gym. Helps build strength in that in-between time of knee pushups and real pushups. I used to have to do those!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I used to be able to do real ones.....hopefully I get back there, till then on the knees.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Now I do them on my knees, which is really disappointing to me cuz I used to be able to knock out like 60 straight with no problem. But I am weaksauce these days.
papaya / 10570 posts
I do the ones where you sit on the sofa with a glass of wine in your hand!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@mrsjazz: 100 real pushups in a row?? Wow, that's awesome!!
nectarine / 2465 posts
I do the real ones for as long as possible, then switch. Weirdly it's more of a wrist flexibility issue for me, I can't press my hands down flat.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
SIGH.. until i get my core strength back post-partum, it's on the knees when doing a lot. BOO. Before I got pregnant I could do like 25 real ones in a row. Now I can probably only do like 8-10.
coconut / 8234 posts
@mrbee: It was. But it was when I was working out regularly at least 2 hours a day, 5 days a week. I was in such good shape. Sigh 
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@mrsjazz: I need to increase the frequency of my workouts but I'm struggling! What was your secret??
coconut / 8234 posts
@mrbee: My secret was that I was young and not working! Hahaha
There's a push-up challenge app you can download on your phone. I've been using it to try to build back up in push-ups.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@JoJoGirl: Ah neat! I'll give that a shot... I need to do more pushups anyway, to build up the connective tissue in my wrists (for boxing). Thanks for the link!!
nectarine / 2272 posts
I do real ones. In crossfit, if you cant do "real" pushups you do plank arm raises, not pushups from your knees. The former helps you build the strength to get to a regular pushup.
honeydew / 7444 posts
Real ones. I will switch to my knees towards the end when my form gets compromised.
I think what matters most is form. You can still do an effective push up from your knees. I hate pushup cheaters!
nectarine / 2358 posts
@Cherrybee: when I do push ups (never) I do them by resting on my thighs. So really I just look like a weak, irritated cobra.
honeydew / 7444 posts
@mrbee: When you don't keep your body in a straight plank line, but your belly sags to the floor (or butt is up), or your shorten the range of motion when coming down.
persimmon / 1165 posts
I do modified real ones. Instead of pushing up from the floor, I use a bench or low bar that's about 30 degrees off the ground. As this gets easier, I drop the level so I get closer to the floor.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Freckles: Uh oh... I may have cheated a bit today in my class towards the end. I took a break for a few weeks from working out (was hurt and then in LA) so working out this week has been brutal!
I promise not to cheat again!!
grapefruit / 4213 posts
Real. I used to be able to do the ones where you push yourself up and clap before going down again too. Gotta get back into shape post-baby. 
honeydew / 7444 posts
@mrbee: I promise i won't yell at you! DH watches me like a hawk when i do pushups..."lower! lower! stop cheating!"
coconut / 8475 posts
@mrsjazz: dang girl, 100! But I do this too.
I do as many as I can without knees and then I buckle and fall, so it is knees from then on. I seriously will NOT do push-ups at the gym. That's how lame I look.
honeydew / 7444 posts
@IRunForFun: You're in plank position with your elbows/forearms on the floor and you raise your arms out in front of you, one at a time.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I used to be able to do more than one regular one but now I'm an old, fat wimp who does knee ones.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
I start off with the real ones, but always end on my knees. 
pomelo / 5509 posts
@Freckles: Ohhh OK. Before I read the "one at a time" part I thought "Well that's impossible!" Sounds like a good core workout though.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I can do maybe 5 real ones in a row...if I'm ever planning to do more than that I do them from my knees!
persimmon / 1483 posts
@hotchildinthecity: what! That is so interesting. I have never been able to do a real push up (for shame) but I can totally do some plank arm raises.
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