Hey everyone! Welcome to the final installation of the pushup progression in the BridgeAthletic Building Blocks series.
We really hope you have enjoyed this first progression in #BuildingBlocks series and most importantly have built better athletes along the way. As we said the pushup is an amazingly effective workout and mastering it will go a long way in building a strong and resilient athlete.
Today we will be introducing our most technical variation of the pushup the Kneeling Spiderman Pushup.
Exercise 5: Kneeling Spiderman Pushup
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Be sure to check out the rest of the progression if you have more questions on how to master the pushup.
Now it’s your turn:
Thanks for joining us on the second stage of the pushup progression.
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Be sure to check back tomorrow for more Building Blocks!
About BridgeAthletic
BridgeAthletic works with elite professional, collegiate, and club swimming programs to provide a turnkey solution for dryland training. Led by Nick Folker, the top swimming strength and conditioning coach in the world, our team builds stroke-specific, custom-optimized dryland programs for each of our clients. The individualized workouts are delivered directly to athletes via our state of the art technology platform and mobile applications. Check Nick and BridgeAthletic out as recently featured in SwimSwam.
About Nick Folker
Nick Folker is the Co-Founder and Director of Elite Performance at BridgeAthletic. Nick’s athletes have won 22 Olympic Medals, 7 team NCAA Championships and over 170 individual and relay NCAA championships. Megan Fischer-Colbrie works as the Sports Science Editor at BridgeAthletic. Megan was a four-year varsity swimmer at Stanford, where she recently graduated with a degree in Human Biology.
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