Maximizing Performance: The Perfect Push-up

Exercises
Written By Sarah Walls

Ahh, the push-up. An exercise that is sorely under-appreciated and misunderstood.

What is the push-up? A bodyweight exercise known to dominate military bootcamps and a way for coaches to layer "punishment" onto their teams? Hardly.

If you want to learn more about the insane benefits of the perfect push-up, please look no further than here. You could consider this SAPT's definitive guide to the push-up.

In the meantime, check out this athlete's mastery of the movement:

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Sarah Walls
A little about me: I've worked in pretty much every corner of the fitness industry for about 10 years. I've had the great fortune of spending most of this time working with gifted athletes at every level. I've also had the great opportunity of designing and conducting research projects, writing occasionally for various publications and blogs, competing in powerlifting, and just generally having a killer time pursuing my passions wherever they may take me. Now I own two businesses: one is an athletic performance training company that I started in 2007 at age 26 and the other is a software company startup that was launched in 2014. Paramount to all the awesomeness of my professional career, is my family. My kids are a thrill and my husband continues to be my most critical and important supporter.
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