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Permalink Reply by Engine 32 Capt. on March 30, 2008 at 12:05am

I have another variation for you that I saw in a video once and started doing. I do pushups on 'bricks'...

Place two bricks on the floor shoulder width apart and do your pushups on them. Go down, and when you come back up lift one of the bricks off of the floor, alternating hands as you go. It gives you a 'push/pull' workout instead of just the push...

Try it. Get bigger bricks as you get stronger.

Permalink Reply by Ironhorse on July 18, 2008 at 9:33pm

I just got back from a detail with Wyoming Helitack. They had an interesting variation of pushups, they are called 3 count push ups. there are 3 positions, 1 is about six inches of the floor, 2 is half way up and 3 is all the way up. You hold each position for a ten count and can jump around with your count, such as 1-3-1-2-3-2-3-1-2. Thee counts = one set, we were doing 7 sets and it was tough if you didn't cheat and rest on the bottom. I also liked the way they did PT, there were 4-5 of us on per shift and we would circle up and one person would call out an exercise and the number of reps, when that exercise was done the next person in the circle would do the same. The cycle would continue 4 times around the circle, it ussually took 30-50 minutes, then we would run or do some other cardio for 45 minutes. It was always a good work out and kept it interesting.

Permalink Reply by Keith Bresnahan on November 3, 2008 at 11:18am

Heather,

There are a few variations that are easy, and very beneficial. Standard pushups, decline pushups (feet up on a chair or step), wide pushups, diamond pushups, miliary pushups (hands touch just below shoulders and elbows stay close to body), and the divebomber pushup (hands wide apart, feet wide apart, butt in the air a little, and pretend you are crawling under a fence, and back)...kind of hard to explain, but google it and there are a few videos out there I'm sure...there are more types of pushups out there, but these are the ones I use in my workouts...I do these in conjuction with various pull-ups and it really works you out...hope this helps out a bit...stay safe...