I’m Super Fit - But Still Couldn’t Do a Push-Up. Here’s What Finally Worked After Ten Years of Trying

How to do a push up: Health freelancer Georgia learning how to do a push up.

Nothing humbles me quite like my upper body strength. More specifically, my ability (or long-standing inability) to do a proper push-up.

I’ve always been able to manage the modified version, performed with my knees down. But take my knees off the floor, and suddenly everything changed. I could lower myself down and keep my chest hovering just above the mat, yet the journey back up felt impossible. My arms would shake, my core would lose tension, and gravity would win every time.