The Ring Push-up

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Please note: the gym will be closed on Easter Sunday (April 1st).

The ring push-up is a great exercise that most of you have performed during your time at Arena Ready.  It's a great training tool to teach body position and awareness, and to show how that position can translate into the actual upper-body push.  You begin to realize that the position & engagement of your body is just as important to the movement of a push-up (if not more important) than the actual "pushing up" itself.

The two videos above give you a good one-two punch review of the ring push-up - the first is a quick snippet from Matt Chan and the second video features our old buddies Kelly and Carl diving further into the importance of position and external rotation at the shoulder.  That last part is key for any of us who have experienced the "hot elbow" sensation described at the end of the video - which is why the ability to externally rotate at the shoulder is so important in so many movements (not just push-ups and ring push-ups!).

It was strength and sprint-y day on Tuesday so here comes the aerobic ninja's jam on Wednesday - a nice long & light AMRAP for some mid-week sweatiness.  Enjoy!   

WOD For 03-28-18:

AMRAP 22 Minutes:

18/12 Calorie Row, Ski, or Bike

18 KB Swings @ 53/35 lbs

18 Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups

18 Ring Push-ups

18 KB Goblet Squats @ 53/35 lbs