[I convinced Ben to be on Mat Matters again! And he's much less nervous this time around!] This week on Mat Matters, my husband, Ben, and I discuss the proper alignment for push-ups--both the yogic version of push-ups, chaturanga, and the more fitness-oriented version of push-ups that we're all familiar with (and for the most part, hate--or is that just me?). If there's one thing that I think *almost* everyone does wrong in their first few yoga classes, it's chaturanga. I spend half of my classes just reminding people to pull their elbows in towards their ribcage, and I still see it happen non-stop. I believe that one of the reasons for this is what we discuss today--the fact that no one knows how to do a regular push-up correct, either! And that most of us have been doing them wrong since we first learned them back in gym class... So, I decided to bring in my resident fitness expert, Ben, to teach us about push-ups. Although he claims he's not an "expert," I would argue that he is, as he's been CrossFitting for 4 years now, and has probably spent many more hours watching coaching videos than most coaches have (trust me, I know! I've bitched about it for years!). I'm so glad that Ben decided to join us again, and watch out--I think he really enjoyed doing it this time, so he may become a much more regular guest in this video series ;) Enjoy! PS. For a more in-depth discussion of chaturanga and the mechanics of a chaturanga vinyasa, check out this post. Xoxo!
Paul
10/17/2013 10:48:08 am
Excellent...Ben's a natural. Very professional video.
Mary Catherine
10/23/2013 04:40:20 am
Thanks for the feedback, Paul! I agree, he's good ;) Comments are closed.
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