https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:23:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1127894 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:43:44 +0000 Sarah A 1127894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The result of a broken wrist year ago i must keep my wrist aligned straight as well to avoid pain. My favorite is to turn the bosu ball (the 1/2 exercise ball on the piece of plastic) upside down and grip the handles on the sides then do my pushups. It elevates the upper body making the exercise slightly easier and also is mobile so you tilt to the side if you use one arm more than the other encouraging balanced strength. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1127459 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 04:13:36 +0000 Jenava 1127459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do them on fists when my wrists are bothering me, like pil! &nbsp;Push-ups are great, as are pull-ups. &nbsp;If you have gymware handy you could do benchpress instead...If you check on bodybuilding.com <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/pushups">here</a>&nbsp;and scroll down it lists "alternative exercises". &nbsp;But, pushups work your core in addition to your chest and triceps, so they're really best (and you don't need a bench or weights). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1125853 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 04:18:31 +0000 catgirl 1125853@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rock climbing. Seriously. Builds long lean muscle, great mental and physical exercise. And so much fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1125034 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:45:39 +0000 lyn* 1125034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Isabel - I think the pushing motion makes this bone chip dance around; I think I should get it x-rayed. :p</p> <p>@ Gracie - I do flys to work on my chest often; but it's mostly the gym teacher/pride thing to do push-ups</p> <p>@ Runcarla - I was over at a friend's house and saw a ball and kicked it. Nearly broke my toe. I learned what a medicine ball was that day. Good idea though; I think it can take weight off that annoying wrist.</p> <p>@ April - I don't think I had very good teachers as a kid; but now I do! I will watch my positioning&nbsp;in the mirror.</p> <p>@ Pil - My sister is more of the yoga guru; I have trouble going to studios and things, I don't like exercising around people too much. I may pay for private lessons in the summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1124866 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:29:42 +0000 pil 1124866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>lyn* you should give yoga a try! In my classes it's all about modifications and what you can do *at that moment in time*. Namaste baby! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1124302 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 01:15:30 +0000 April 1124302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep -- when I was growing up, "knee pushups" were called "girl pushups" and they're still what I do. &nbsp;Straight back, make sure your bottom isn't either arched into the air or sagging downward, and put your wrists roughly shoulder-width apart. &nbsp;</p> <p>And thumb your nose at that gym teacher with each repetition. &nbsp;No teacher of any sort should ever make someone feel so badly about anything that they still remember it as an adult. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1124260 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:10:00 +0000 Carla 1124260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do knee push-ups still, but with one hand holding a medicine ball, and the other on the floor, then switch up. Don't know how it would work on your wrist, but it doesn't aggravate my wonky shoulder. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1124248 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:51:42 +0000 Gracie 1124248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, ha, I was also ready to read about push-up bras.</p> <p>If the push-ups are still uncomfortable after you try the above suggestions, may I suggest you work your chest with the dumbell press or fly exercises? That way, you can use the weight that feels comfortable for your wrists without having to put all your body weight on them. Then again, maybe you do want to conquer those pesky push-ups... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1124071 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:25:41 +0000 donnat 1124071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also thought this was going to be about bras. Lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123852 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 02:28:31 +0000 Isabel 1123852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES ! &nbsp;They taught me this at LiveStrong. Push ups on wall ( at an angle ) and then on an exercise ball as you advance. &nbsp;But the wall pushups were great starts for me. &nbsp;You might want to look it up on youtube. You need to be sure that you don't sway your lower back. &nbsp;This is suppose to distribute pressure on your wrists differently. &nbsp;But go slowly and be careful...I am NOT a doctor. &nbsp; : )</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123630 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:11:38 +0000 lyn* 1123630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"The Nun Method" - Ooooooh boy ;)</p> <p>HAHAHA, Pushup bras - snuggly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123629 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:10:37 +0000 Gigi 1123629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes. No wonder!&nbsp;</p> <p>On an unrelated note, I thought this thread was going to be about pushup bras. Ha ha. :^) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123627 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:05:25 +0000 lyn* 1123627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, my piano teacher was a nun who used to stand over me with a ruler/textbook or whatever else and threaten to lock me up. I don't think it was an empty threat either.&nbsp;</p> <p>Hated piano to the max. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123624 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:59:01 +0000 Gigi 1123624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whew! I am a musician, so I just couldn't imagine what that would have been like. Glad to know you hated it. Ha ha. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123620 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:53:04 +0000 lyn* 1123620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Gigi - It was actually quite liberating, I hate piano. :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123617 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:49:57 +0000 Gigi 1123617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have any modifications to offer, but I did want to say that it's possible that a massage therapist could help you with your hand. Sometimes the muscles are injured too and keep the bones from moving back into the right&nbsp;place. Scar tissue can be broken down by massage, and then new muscle grows. I'm really sorry that you had to stop your piano career--that sounds emotionally devastating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123520 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:22:22 +0000 lyn* 1123520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Russian Twists? Those sound like a delicious pastry!"</p> <p>@elpgal - I have been trying the forearms ones, and they do seem slightly easier - at least my wrists don't feel like they are falling apart!</p> <p>@ Diana/Ceit - Great idea! I do have a set of dumbbells so they are going to be put to use!! :)</p> <p>@ Pil - I remember the knee push ups from gym class :p</p> <p>@ Dianthus - Thanks! Great link! I generally just make up my own exercises which probably isn't such a good idea (boy: "Uh, who taught you to do that one?" ME. THAT IS WHO.) - I like how they can suggest exercises based on what equipment I have!</p> <p>@ Janet - Thanks; I just needed to carry milk, really. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123447 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:08:42 +0000 Janet 1123447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good suggestions already. I understand -- I have trouble with my left wrist when I do certain yoga poses because of a broken wrist almost 17 years ago! Good for you for increasing your strength. I shut up the gym teacher in my head when I started running! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123443 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:52:08 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1123443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Lyn,</p> <p>I am attaching a link to exrx.&nbsp; This site has a lot of information on various exercises to target muscle groups and demos.</p> <p><a href="http://exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ChestWt.html#anchor165455" rel="nofollow">http://exrx.net/Lists/ExList/C.....chor165455</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123438 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:45:27 +0000 Diana 1123438@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To Ceit's point, if you have dumb bells you can use them instead of grips. Just put them on the floor and voila, instant handles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123426 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:06:53 +0000 pil 1123426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because of a bad wrist I use fists instead of flexed hands, or often start on my forearms. As Ceit suggested leaning against a wall to build up strength, you might also modify with your knees on the ground. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123418 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 12:07:33 +0000 Anonymous 1123418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Or try some of those grips you can get. They are a handle that sits on the floor that you grip when doing a push-up.</p> <p>You also might try doing them against the wall and then on the stairs (stand at bottom of steps ad reach up to edge of a step, gradually standing farther and farther away to angle you down) to increase the angle and the percentage of body weight on your hands and allow your body to build up the little muscles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123397 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 08:21:28 +0000 elpgal 1123397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lyn, try clawing the floor with the mounds of your palm and finger-tips to elevate your wrists. This takes the weight off the wrist. Another option would be to come to your forearms instead of full arms (google forearm push ups) These are the modifications my yoga teacher gave me for my carpal tunnel wrist issues. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pushup-alternatives#post-1123381 Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:56:24 +0000 lyn* 1123381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, I have increased my workouts to the point where I can easily carry my groceries (including 16L of milk in 2L cartons in recyclable bags), and I wanted to try to do some push-ups.</p> <p>I remember in my gym class as a little girl, the mean gym teacher yelling at me that I was worthless unless I could do at least one push-up. Unfortunately, I was the only girl in the class who couldn't do one, so I received quite a poor review that year in gym. There was one girl who could do 150, the gym teacher quite kindly (not) pointed out.</p> <p>I am quite sure I am physically able to do a push-up, however, I only got to two when I tried; there is quite a bit of pain in my right wrist when I try to do it. I have had a dislocated bone in my wrist as a result of a poor heal job after a tumble from my mountain bike. I have had to cut short my piano career because of this injury. It seems to have resurfaced whenever I try to exert too much weight on that one hand.&nbsp;</p> <p>Although I can do pull-ups just fine, pushing motions seem to be quite difficult with my right hand.</p> <p>To make a long story short - aside from pushups, what else can I try to test my mettle (and shut up the gym teacher in my head?) </p>