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Add "Taps" To Your Pushups to Fire Up Your Core for a Better Ab and Hip Strengthening Workout

Add "Taps" To Your Pushups to Fire Up Your Core for a Better Ab and Hip Strengthening Workout

These taps will take your pushups to the next level! They’ll force your abs and hips to resist rotation while you work your shoulders, back, arms, and chest. If you perform pushups regularly, try adding this variation and challenge yourself!

Shin Ohtake
Shin Ohtake

Fitness & Fat-Loss Coach

In the video below, I’ll show you pushups with shoulder and side taps. These takes on a classic exercise force you to use your core to resist rotation and maintain your position.

Typically, you’ll “feel” pushups the most in your arms, chest and back. But you’ll see that after just a few reps, more of your core muscles will be firing up. These taps also target your hips too!

Focus on keeping your hips level and resisting rotation. It might be tough at first!

The wider your feet are, the easier this exercise will be on your core. So if you’re having a tough time staying balanced, move your feet further apart. And, if you really want to challenge your core, move your feet closer together!

Shin Ohtake

Creator of Max Workouts

Shin Ohtake

Creator of Max Workouts

Shin Ohtake

Creator of Max Workouts

Shin Ohtake's unconventional, no-nonsense approach to fitness & fat loss has made him the go-to source for fitness enthusiasts and trainers alike. His world-famous fitness program, Max Workouts, has transformed and reshaped the bodies of thousands of people in over 150 countries - without requiring hours in the gym.

Shin Ohtake's unconventional, no-nonsense approach to fitness & fat loss has made him the go-to source for fitness enthusiasts and trainers alike. His world-famous fitness program, Max Workouts, has transformed and reshaped the bodies of thousands of people in over 150 countries - without requiring hours in the gym.

Shin Ohtake's unconventional, no-nonsense approach to fitness & fat loss has made him the go-to source for fitness enthusiasts and trainers alike. His world-famous fitness program, Max Workouts, has transformed and reshaped the bodies of thousands of people in over 150 countries - without requiring hours in the gym.

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Discover how to super charge your workouts and accelerate your results -- getting you lean and ripped in a fraction of the time with shorter, more effective workouts.

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Discover how to super charge your workouts and accelerate your results -- getting you lean and ripped in a fraction of the time with shorter, more effective workouts.