H1 Wrist Pushups

I'm wondering should I use a towel beneath my hands as cushion because otherwise I'll have to them on hard surfaces like wood, concrete or stone.

HIT THAT FLOOR!

 

 

Bansaaaaaaaaaaai!

 

Edit: Yes of course you can use a towel or something to protect, but I tried quite a few times doing them on hard floor and the feeling is awesome, and trust me, you won't get hurt by do it.

That aside, I do them on carpet

Charm said:

That aside, I do them on carpet

I actually can do do full wrist pushups on carpet, but the moment I try it on hard surfaces I feel like total beginner. Coach Sommer's atheltes do it on carpet if I'm correct?

I think there's no need to do them on hard surfaces. If you want to though, just be progressive. Don't start doing 5x5 on gravel if you never done it before.

Pargie said:

I actually can do do full wrist pushups on carpet, but the moment I try it on hard surfaces I feel like total beginner. Sommer's atheltes do it on carpet if I'm correct?

Well, id assume that's a gym mat. Ccertainly has a bit of give. If you want the conditioning you can do em on harder surfaces I guess, but you'd ve taking the focus off the important part for a small return

Charm said:

Well, id assume that's a gym mat. Ccertainly has a bit of give. If you want the conditioning you can do em on harder surfaces I guess, but you'd ve taking the focus off the important part for a small return

True seeing as Coach Sommer doesn't tell his boys to do them on something hard.

 

P.S.

Just did my first H1 workout, everything went well except First Knuckle Pushups as I couldn't maintain flat fingers. Tripod was easy as I grabbed surface (grass) and squeezed it along with abs and gluts.

Pargie said:

True seeing as Sommer doesn't tell his boys to do them on something hard.

P.S.

Just did my first H1 workout, everything went well except First Knuckle Pushups as I couldn't maintain flat fingers. Tripod was easy as I grabbed surface (grass) and squeezed it along with abs and gluts.

Good stuff :-)

I think most people including me are finding the IMs MUCH harder than the pe's until getting to PPT work

What's PPT?

 

Mobility work wasn't so hard, but in any case I should make a video of my form.

Pargie said:

What's PPT?

Mobility work wasn't so hard, but in any case I should make a video of my form.

Posterior pelvic tilt. Direct work starts around pe10ish. Quickly corrects an arch in HS

it depends on you head callus, usually i do it on the floor without problem. but i have been doing headspin for years without helmet so my head is deformed and prepared   

Charm said:

Is that right? Maybe I was a bit hasty then. Is it worthwhile my re-addressing these over again on a hard surface?

Edit;

Ill start over on these tomorrow.

seconded.

KeilaniG said:

seconded.

The movements are easy for me; I was already doing them with straight arms to make em a bit harder, but hey, I could use a little extra hand conditioning.

I can't see myself doing this with Foundation rocks though....

Charm said:

The movements are easy for me; I was already doing them with straight arms to make em a bit harder, but hey, I could use a little extra hand conditioning.

I can't see myself doing this with Foundation rocks though....

with the bent hollow rocks (i play with them to see how my ppt has strengthened) I notice that on hard surface, its harder for me to cheat. i notice when i start to lose the ppt a lot earlier than on mat

and with arch body rocks, i just compression shorts and a small prayer to not roadkill the family jewels

- Wrist pushups should not be done on a "hard surface"; e.g. tile or concrete.  Carpet, mats or grass etc are much more productive. 

 

- Hard surface tumbing also does not imply tile or concrete; for the fitness enthusiast grass or wresting mats would be perfect.

 

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Coach Sommer said:

- Wrist pushups should not be done on a "hard surface"; e.g. tile or concrete.  Carpet, mats or grass etc are much more productive.

What's the worst that could happen? I'm asking since I'm afraid I have no clue on how to secure a matress to my concrete walls. Would something along the lines of http://www.amazon.de/Everlast-Gelbandage-4355-Ever-Gel-Wraps-Yellow/dp/B000ZP9A4C/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1374299608&sr=8-23&keywords=everlast+handschuh or some wrist wraping (without using them for wrist support) in order to protect the knuckels work? Or is it more relevant in terms of a giving surface in order to tax the joints a little bit more due to instability?

Use a folded towel Philipp

FredInChina said:

Use a folded towel Philipp

It can't be true, that I didn't think of this. It's simple, yet it works perfectly fine. Thanks a lot, mate!

why not just wearing some gloves which don't cut down your range of motion?