Push-up guides: form, progression and rep-counting apps
Form, progressions, and the habit science behind getting stronger one rep at a time — from the team building a camera-counted pushup RPG.
Pushup form
Proper Pushup Form: The Complete Technique Guide (Hands, Elbows, Depth & Breathing) →How to Breathe During Pushups: Inhale Down, Exhale Up (and When to Brace)
Learn how to breathe during pushups: inhale on the way down, exhale as you press up, brace your core, and know when a short breath-hold helps.
Read →Where to Put Your Hands for Pushups: Correct Width, Placement & Finger Direction
Pushup hand placement: hands just outside shoulder width, under mid-chest, fingers forward or slightly out — plus what going too wide or narrow costs.
Read →How Low Should You Go in a Pushup? Depth, Full Range of Motion & Why Half-Reps Don't Count
Down to about an inch off the floor, elbows bent to 90, then lock out. Plus why half-reps don't count.
Read →Pushup Elbows: In or Out? The 45-Degree Rule That Saves Your Shoulders
Tuck them near 45 degrees, not flared to 90. It protects your shoulders and hits more chest and triceps. Here's the rule.
Read →Wrist Pain During Pushups: Why It Happens and 6 Ways to Fix It
It usually means a bent-back wrist under load. 6 fixes: neutral setup, fingertip pressure, incline, fists, and a quick warm-up.
Read →Beginner progression
Pushup Progression for Beginners: From Zero to Your First Rep (and Beyond) →Pushup Variations for Beginners, Ranked Easiest to Hardest
Wall, incline, knee, negative, full. Plus rough load estimates and the reps to graduate.
Read →Why Can't I Do a Pushup? 6 Reasons Beyond 'Weak Arms'
Usually it's not weak arms. It's sagging hips, weak scapular control, flared elbows or wrists. Find your weak link, fix it.
Read →Can't Do a Single Pushup? Here's Exactly Where to Start
Begin at the wall, then work down an incline ladder to the floor. The exact beginner progression, step by step.
Read →Negative Pushups: The Fastest Way for Beginners to Get Their First Rep
Negative pushups for beginners: the eccentric-only method (a slow 3-5s lower) that builds the pushing strength to earn your first full rep.
Read →Do more pushups
How to Do More Pushups: Training Methods, Rep Schemes & Programs to Increase Your Reps →Push-Up Level Calculator: Rate One Set Against the Reference Table
Enter your age and one set of push-ups to see where it sits against the CSEP reference norms, plus the four limits that decide whether the number means anything.
Read →How to Test Your Max Pushups (Proper Form + Standards by Age)
The one-set protocol, what counts as a rep, and approximate pushup standards by age and sex to rate your score.
Read →Stuck at the Same Number of Pushups? How to Break a Pushup Plateau
Diagnose the four common causes of a pushup plateau, plus the tempo, weighted and deload fixes that break it.
Read →Grease the Groove Pushups: How Many Reps Per Day to Actually Do More
The exact reps, sets and intensity to do more: 40-50% of max, spread across the day, never to failure.
Read →Pushup Pyramid & Ladder Workouts: The Rep Scheme That Adds Reps Fast
Copy-paste pushup pyramid and ladder templates with clear rest-per-rung rules, plus why sub-max ladders add reps faster than maxing out.
Read →Daily pushup habit
How to Build a Daily Pushup Habit That Actually Sticks →How to Make Morning Pushups a Daily Habit (and Actually Stick to It)
How to build a morning pushup habit that sticks: anchor the set to waking up, start tiny, and never miss twice — plus how many reps a beginner needs.
Read →How to Remember to Do Your Pushups Every Day (7 Habit Triggers That Work)
7 triggers, habit-stacking onto cues you already have, and a tiny fallback that keeps the streak alive.
Read →Workout Streak Freeze: How to Keep a Pushup Streak Alive on Rest Days
A workout streak freeze keeps your pushup streak alive on rest days without resetting to zero. How it works, and how many to use each month.
Read →Pushup variations
Push-Up Variations: Types, Muscles Worked & Benefits (The Complete Guide) →Incline vs Decline Push-Ups: Which One Actually Targets Your Upper Chest?
Decline (feet up) emphasizes upper chest, incline (hands up) is easier and sits lower. Plus a pick-by-goal guide.
Read →Diamond vs Wide Push-Ups: Which Builds Chest and Which Builds Triceps?
A grip-to-muscle map of which builds chest, which builds triceps, plus a 2-week plan to train both.
Read →Fitness RPGs
Fitness RPG: What the Genre Means and How to Tell the Real Ones Apart →Gamified Fitness Evidence: What the Randomised Trials Actually Found
A sourced review of what randomised trials found about gamified fitness apps: the effect sizes, the comparator most summaries get wrong, and what the evidence cannot show.
Read →Best Fitness RPG Apps in 2026: Ten Compared by How They Actually Work
Ten fitness RPGs compared on the thing that matters: whether the game reads your movement live, reads a sensor afterwards, or takes your word for it. Checked on live App Store listings.
Read →Using Pushup RPG
Reps Not Counting? What the Camera Refused, and Why
Why the camera refuses a rep, what each movement is actually judged on, and the screen in Settings that tells you which check said no.
Read →Does Pushup RPG Work With Apple Health and Apple Watch?
Pushup RPG and Apple Health: opt-in and write-only. Apple Watch: no watchOS app exists. What syncs, what never does, and watch alternatives checked July 2026.
Read →Are Pushups and Squats Enough? What Two Moves Cover, and What They Miss
They cover a lot for zero equipment, but they miss all pulling and the hip hinge. Here's what that costs and how to fix it.
Read →Best apps and comparisons
Best Apps That Count Pushups in 2026 (Camera, Sensor & Manual)
Honest guide to apps that count pushups in 2026 — camera pose detection, proximity sensor, manual tap and smartwatch counting compared.
Read →Best Apps That Count Squats: What Actually Works
The four ways an app can count a squat: camera, phone sensor, wearable and manual, with real App Store listings and when a camera app is the wrong choice.
Read →Best Pushup App for Beginners (2026): What Actually Helps When You Can't Do One Yet
The best pushup app for beginners, judged on what matters when you can't do one rep yet: easier variations, visible progress, no day-one shame.
Read →Best Pushup App for Women (2026): An Honest Look at What Actually Matters
Eight Apple pushup counters compared on privacy, incline counting and progression, by the makers of Pushup RPG.
Read →Best Pushup App for Home Workouts With No Equipment (2026)
Compared by floor space, device and counting method. From the makers of Pushup RPG. Listings checked July 2026.
Read →Pushup RPG vs Push Up Counter & Tracker (Puuush): Camera, Watch and Price Compared
Puuush has an Apple Watch app, Pushup RPG does not. Camera counting, squats, prices and features compared, checked July 2026.
Read →Pushup RPG vs Top Pushup: Which Camera Pushup Counter Fits You?
Two free camera push-up counters compared. One is a plain camera rep counter, one wraps reps in an RPG. Which one fits you.
Read →The App That Counts Both Your Pushups and Your Squats
Looking for an app that counts both pushups and squats? Pushup RPG counts both with the phone camera, on-device, with separate records for each.
Read →Does the Apple Watch Count Squats? What It Actually Tracks
Apple documents heart rate, calories and duration for strength workouts, not reps. What it tracks, and what does.
Read →How the camera counts
Camera push-up counter → Push-up game →Count Squats With Your Phone Camera: How On-Device Rep Detection Works
A squat counter app that uses the phone camera: the knee angle it measures, the depth, timing and foot gates a rep must pass, free on iPhone and Android.
Read →Count Sit-Ups With Your Phone Camera: Trunk Angle, Not Knee Angle
How a camera counts sit-ups: the trunk rotation it measures, the floor line it learns from you, the thresholds a rep must clear, and the honest limits.
Read →A Plank Timer That Watches Your Form, Not Just the Clock
How a camera plank timer works: what it checks to decide you are still holding, why breaking the hold pauses rather than resets, and why it talks to you.
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