Does any one know of any information of the process of learning how to do 1 finger push ups? Since the first time I've seen Bruce Lee do this I've always wondered how he managed to do it. I'd like to someday be able to do it (:

Are these fingerpad or fingertip pushups?

 

Sometimes when we're doing our conditioning we'll do 5 5 fingerpad pushups, then 4 4 fingerpad etc. until we get to 1 1 fingerpad pushup. No real trick to it, but I think doing the 5, 4, 3 etc. helps gradually build up the required muscles as opposed to just jumping right into it.

Finger tip push ups. You know, the kind Bruce Lee did

Why?

 

Do you have a specific training objective this exercise will help you meet? Or do you just think it's cool?

Both.

You cannot go straight into a 1 finger tip push up. You have to build up. I can do it with 3 at the moment. First you have to start off with all the fingers and thumbs and then build up. Say 30 pushups with all fingers and thumbs. The increase the resistance by taking a finger off and then repeat the process until you have it on one finger. You can also do finger tip handstand pushups.

Yeah, I figured you couldn't do it right off, that you had to build up, but I didn't know how to build up, thanks for the advice

I know this will sound far-fetched. My first night in karate we did pushups -started with five finger tips went down to just thumbs. Another student and myself were the only ones who could do thumbs only, everyone else stoped at three finger tips. I never tried this before but I do one-arm pushups occasionally and can do 50 straight. Maybe it is natural.

I can do two-fingerpad pushups.... but I almost broke my finger when I tried 1-finger

hold up

 

i can do 60-70 straight push up

 

about 6 one handed push ups

 

but i cant even do ONE five finger push ups

 

and yes i am doing the push ups and one handed right