Happy Kat's Blog
My name is Katarina ; I live in Sweden and work as site author here at Health to Happiness.
Healthy living is a passion of mine so that is exactly what I will write about in this blog; health, food and workout, (and of course a little about my everyday life and what goes on here at the office).
My ambition is to share inspiration, motivation, tips and information to all of you interested.
If you have any thoughts or questions about the topics covered, don’t hesitate to write a comment and I will do my very best to answer you.
On my free time I enjoy working out, painting, being around friends and family, shopping, reading and travelling.
Happy reading!
Push-ups (or Press-ups) are great for developing your upper body. And you can do them anywhere, at any time. However, some find them a bit tricky to do. Therefore I thought we'd go through the technique together!
Push-up
Lie face down on the floor, with your hands palms down at chest level, slightly more than shoulder width apart. Fingers pointing forward. Keep your body completely straight, it should be pushed up as a package. Push your body up off the floor until your arms are straight, turn the movement and come back down at the same pace. Turn the movement once your body touches the floor or just before that. Remember to keep your body straight at all times, both on the way up and on the way down. The only thing moving should be your arms.
Push-up
Alternative: For an easier exercise, lower your knees so that they rest on the floor. Remember to keep your body just as straight.
Push-up on knees
To isolate your chest more during a press-up, widen the position of your hands a bit.
If you want to work out your triceps (backside of your arm) more, do the opposite and bring your hands closer together,parallel to your chest and spaced about shoulder-width apart, with your elbows tight to your body. (See pics below).
Triceps push-up
Glad to hear youve been having some day after ache, youre very welcome!
Well, the secret way to a flat stomach is really to lose the fat covering the stomach muscles (together with doing exercises of course). We all have the muscles, we just have more or less fat covering them.
Ill put some more flat belly exercises up here, for sure!