If you’re still struggling to do push ups at all then start here. But if you’re ready for something more challenging then keep reading.
One of the things that I notice when a lot people do push ups is they don’t lower their chest all the way to the ground like you see in the video. I realize that for a lot of people this is a lot easier said than done. And I would never chastise anyone to the point where they developed the belief that lowering yourself only part of the way down isn’t worth performing. On the contrary, it is a great stepping stone on the way to performing push ups through a full range of motion. The simplest way to get all the way down is to try lowering yourself a little further every week or two until your chest reaches the bottom.
However, if this technique doesn’t work and you’re still having trouble lowering yourself all the way down try starting from the bottom position so that your chest is already touching the ground then push your way up. Make sure that you keep your hips and stomach raised off of the ground even when you are on the ground. If this is too difficult then try putting some kind of stable surface on the ground like a folded blanket and push your chest up from that instead. Once you’re capable of pushing off the elevated position, you can either reduce the elevation or take the added elevation away completely and begin pushing off the ground.