how do you preform a hindu pushup?

 

 

http://www.cbass.com/Furey.htm

 

 

 

Funny I've always known them to be "Korean" push ups ... but that is only because our instructor thought that to be more appropriate for TKD.

 

Just the other day I got an email from Furey about 'Hindu' push ups ....

 

"I had a Palestinian from California write me a couple months ago, who said I should take the 'Hindu' off the term as it may be insensitive. Then, of all things, he went on to say that it would be like calling something 'Jew Squats.' , since when did a Palestinian care about the Jews?

 

That's a new one on me. Putting a country or ethnic origin on an exercise gives credit where credit is due and makes it easier to remember. "

 

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[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-07-28 12:35 ]

thanx, tahts a good link. I never knew back bridges were controversial.

 

 

since when did a Palestinian care about the Jews?

 

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[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-07-28 12:35 ]

 

your actually misinterpreted the idea, the hindu push ups are used as a term ecspecially in the pakistani army, where they refer to as the push ups being hindu, because they hate the push ups so much, they call them hindu push ups due to the fact that they hate hindus so much, the palestinian referred at being a jew squat because they hate jews

 

 

ad ---- tell that one to Matt Furey. I was just quoting what he wrote in his email (not to say I believed it was correct ...)

 

He does have a thing about politically correct people .... he despises the "term".

 

 

Jew Squats..... bahaha...

The "Hindu" press-up looks very like part of the yoga "sun salutation" sequence - could this be how they got their name, or am I completely on the wrong track here?

Look, here you go, a quick cartoon demo of the sequence:

 

http://www.yogasite.com/sunsalute.htm

... actually no not really Bitsy.

 

But if you do in reverse... Steps 8,7,6 and then 5 I guess that would be close!

 

Follow Jacks link for the correct way to do a "hindu push up"