The PushUp CrossFit（加入的俯卧撑）.pdf

CrossFit Journal Article Reprint. First Published in CrossFit Journal Issue 07 - March 2003 The Push-Up Greg Glassman The push-up, long a favorite among junior high school P.E. teachers and Marine Corps drill instructors, is for many, more closely associated with punishment than anything else. Though common to group exercise programs, its use in serious strength and conditioning regimens is infrequent. These days, the push-up, like the jumping jack, tends to be relegated to outdoor programs where the number of exercisers and lack of equipment make it a staple due to necessity. In an earlier time the push-up was largely regarded as a measure of a man’s strength and fitness. In more modern times much of this reputation has been passed on to the bench press, but the push-up’s passing misses the great opportunity to master a gateway movement to one of the most developmental progressions in all of fitness.  of 5 ® CrossFit is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc. Subscription info at © 2006 All rights reserved. Feedback to feedback@ The Push-Up (continued...) The push-up is more a family of movements than a single thirty, or even fifty handstand push-ups. Consider exercise. In fact, it is a progression that starts from the for just a moment the hand, finger, and grip strength horizontal, which is the classic “P.E. push-up” and then, developed through performing these handstand push- through gradually, incrementally, elevating the feet from ups on fingertips – at first all five fingers, then four, the floor to a point where the at