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DanielBishop
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Nope. They can be done..... but I see what you mean.
Firstly, while your arms are out straight ahead, you'll notice that your shoulders can still move forward and backwards. Like a shrugging movement. Obviously in the starting postion for this, you want your arms straight but you don't want your shoulders to be absolutely as far forward as they can go.
Try it vertically first, against a wall. Stand with your stomach against a wall, and make sure your toes are touching it also. Hold your hands directly above your head, place one palm on the other and place it against the wall. Being careful not to fall over, try and move your chest and stomach away from the wall so only your toes and palm is touching it....
.... you'll notice that you can move at least 6 inches away from the wall with your hands in the same position, before you're forced to step back. When you're doing them properly, you don't move your body off the ground very much.... you'll know when you're up as far as you can go. Even getting your torso 3 inches off the ground is a challenge. In fact, if you can get it up one inch, you'll most likely be able to get it up the whole way.
Try it against the wall a couple of times so you know what you're doing. And don't stretch your body to the absolute maximum, but make sure your body is straight.... I hope that's not a contradiction.
You'll see what I mean.
Firstly, while your arms are out straight ahead, you'll notice that your shoulders can still move forward and backwards. Like a shrugging movement. Obviously in the starting postion for this, you want your arms straight but you don't want your shoulders to be absolutely as far forward as they can go.
Try it vertically first, against a wall. Stand with your stomach against a wall, and make sure your toes are touching it also. Hold your hands directly above your head, place one palm on the other and place it against the wall. Being careful not to fall over, try and move your chest and stomach away from the wall so only your toes and palm is touching it....
.... you'll notice that you can move at least 6 inches away from the wall with your hands in the same position, before you're forced to step back. When you're doing them properly, you don't move your body off the ground very much.... you'll know when you're up as far as you can go. Even getting your torso 3 inches off the ground is a challenge. In fact, if you can get it up one inch, you'll most likely be able to get it up the whole way.
Try it against the wall a couple of times so you know what you're doing. And don't stretch your body to the absolute maximum, but make sure your body is straight.... I hope that's not a contradiction.
You'll see what I mean.
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