If members of a team are weak, everyone else will have to work harder to make up for it. Your muscles work just like that. Make sure your core is

stable and your quads can withstand knee pressure by incorporating planks and squats into your push-up support routine.

Beginners tend to put their hands wider than their shoulders when doing a push-up. Make sure you practice keeping your hands directly under your shoulders, and even try to grasp

the ground under your hands, which will further help your grip strength and support. 

If you want to improve your push-up maximum, Born Fitness recommends you start out with many sets and not many reps. So for two workouts you would do

say eight sets of 10 reps and rest a few minutes in between. Then next week six sets of 15 reps twice, then four sets of 20 reps, etc. You'll be

able to do 50 in a row in no time!

When you drop into a push-up position early in your training, it's natural to want to angle your elbows out. Unfortunately, that makes them susceptible to injury AND it makes the

push-up less effective. Keep those elbows at 90 degrees with the bottom of the push-up, and above your wrists at all times. Do not throw 'bows until you're done with

your push-ups!

If you fail to keep your lower back neutral (and you probably are even if you think you're not) you're not getting as strong a core workout as you could

be. The secret? Brace yourself like you're about to be punched in the stomach, take pressure off your spine, and rock that core!