Push Up with Row

Justin Ruiz here at combatfitness.com demonstrates yet another method of doing a push-up. This variation of the "traditional" push up, the Push-Up with Row, is a good supplement of the old fashion tedious up and down of the "standard" push up. Basically this is a push-up with a row. This exercise is great in that it works opposing muscles. It will develope the chest which is good for pushing, and the back (lats) which is good for pulling. With this exercise you get to counter-balance the body strength by working two muscles groups with one exercise.
To do this exercise take a couple of dumbells and place them on the floor as you would "push-up bars", palms facing each other. However, the feet will be placed slightly farther apart than a standard push up position to help with balance while shifting left or right depending which side row you are doing. To add more variation to this exercise turn dumbells inward (palms facing feert) in similar position of grasping a 45lb. bar. From push up postion lower body towards the ground then perform a row on one side when pushing back up.
The Push-Up with Row ads another dimension as well as more variety to your push-up arsenal. For higher reps use lower weigths or heavy weights if you prefer lower reps.