Training planning – How many sentences should you make? | Lateral push-ups

Training planning – How many sentences should you make?

Depending on the training goal, about 3 to 5 sets of 15 push-ups each are recommended. Those who can do more than 15 should calmly push themselves to their limits in order to achieve optimal training success.

Typical errors during execution

Many athletes train the oblique abdominal muscles on the lateral trainer with too great an amplitude of movement. The extent of the movement must be kept low. To increase the effects, the use of additional weights has become established. These weights are then held in the hand and should put additional strain on the muscles during the upward movement. This does not make sense, however, since the traction force of the weight reaches its highest value at the lowest point of the movement, but the muscles already have the highest tension.

Health evaluation of lateral push-ups

The exercise serves to strengthen the lateral, oblique abdominal muscles, which together with all other abdominal and trunk muscles form a stable “cage” around the abdominal viscera. The exercise of lateral push-ups should only be used in health sports if there is a solid base of abdominal muscles. This exercise requires a relatively heavy weight to be moved with a relatively small muscle. Coordinative requirements also make the movement more difficult.