Hindu Push Ups

By: MMA watcher on Friday, July 7, 2006

From: www.cbass.com
"Hindu Pushups follows the squats. Furey says Hindu Pushups, like Hindu Squats, have been used by Indian wrestlers for centuries to build upper body strength and endurance. The difference between this exercise and regular pushups is that it involves an arching movement -- Furey says it's like an ocean wave -- that stretches and strengthens the hips, shoulders and back.

The starting position is with legs spread wide and butt up in the air. From there, bend your elbows as in a regular pushup, bringing your back down in a circular arc, straighten your arms and end up with your chest up and your hips almost touching the ground. Like the Hindu Squat, the Hindu Pushup has a nice rhythm.

Again, do as many repetition as you can. "If you can bench press 400 pounds, I’ll bet dollars to donuts," says Furey, " that you’ll struggle with 25 straight Hindu Pushups." That seems like a bit of an exaggeration, because I did 25 without any trouble. But Furey tells me it isn’t so much a matter of strength as a lack of "strength/endurance or the necessary flexibility in the spine, shoulders and hips." In any event, it’s a challenging movement. I like it. It feels good. I was surprised to find myself sore the next morning, especially in the traps and upper back; my lower back also complained a little as a result of the arching motion. Not what you would expect from pushups."

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Step 1

Start with your feet wide apart, butt up and head looking back at heels.
The legs remain straight throughout the exercise.

Step 2

Lower your hips and bend your arms.

Step 3

Finish with head up and back arched.
Your hips should almost touch the floor.
Now, keep your arms straight and push back to the starting position.

Comments

Avalanche

Wow, takes a bit out of you huh? I'd love to fight a Hindu MMA guy!

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tedward

Yeah, they're pretty grueling, that's for sure. Not to brag or anything, but right now I can do about 50 in a row if I really push myself. They're a good way to build a lot of upper body strength in a short period of time. One thing to remember when you do them is to exhale as you lower yourself and inhale as you return to the starting position.

Tank-Jitsu

nice, i was hoping someone would put this up.

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GuaRD-DoG

Been doing these for a while now, alternating with Hindu Squats and dumbell swings etc, i hate them lol

bruceleeroy

I remember the 1st time I did them, think I got winded arodn 18, I was a member of the 400 pound bench crew several years ago so he may have won that bet with me. I do these and the squats daily.

wrestler5544

ive found that you get best results if you do them every other day rather than daily. I used to be able to do 70 in a row in february because me and a friend were competing against eachother to be better. Now i can only do 31 but they are slow and hard. but also remember you must put hands shoulder width apart and it helps strengthen wrists when you use fists rather than palms...

MZimmerman51

that looks have i am going to try it sometime

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Billy Chuck

Im the military we call these dive bombers...

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january

When I first did these I misread the post and was coming back up the way I went down i.e. bending my arms again. Pretty soon I was falling over. Doing it with the arms straight lets you go longer.
When your finished a set staying in the starting position (Downward dog in yoga) is a good streach and clears your head.

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LordGrim

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shadallion

Great exercise, goes from "this is so easy" to "oh my God my arms are on fire" in the space of a few repetitions. Extolled in catch wrestling as THE fundamental conditioning exercise.

THEROCK

BILLY CHUCK.... THESE are not dive bombers.

THEROCK

Sorry, not trying to offend you... there are slight differences.

LLL(love leg locks)

i have both the combat conditioning and combat streching dvds they both are and invalualbe sorce of info and have helped me with flexibility and strength if you do them with deep breathing the benifits are so much more as matt says on the dvd if you cant hear your breathing from across the room then you are not doing it right big deep breaths in and out

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noobcakefighter

This type of push-up was apart of the daily workout during my rugby years in high school, great for conditioning! helps after a run or during drills

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Calzadar

another nice of way doing theese are with going down on you elbows and then up on hands again.

mAdMiKe

try moving backwards...

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Charlie69

These are the so called Judo Push ups, we do it a lot in Judo. In BJJ too, and we do them in reverse and in steps, that is a lot harder. Excellent exercise!!

Anonymous

better than normal push ups

gripper

I otice in th epics,he has his feet flat to the ground as heraises hips and lowers head...I never really noticed that before,since usually I do them on the balls of my feet,rolling the toes into the floor....have I been wrong on these???