The ancient Greeks were famous for a lot of stuff. Democracy, philosophy, architecture... and the list goes on. Being half-Greek myself I can only think of one thing regarding my DNA. I'm just not Greek enough! One of the things Greeks were quite famous for was their amazing, aesthetic strong bodies. For them, beauty meant symmetry. A rule evidenced by their architecture, art, and the physiques we find on their marble statues. Their ideal male form (especially as portrayed in sculptures) had among a lot of details, one common thing - a wide and rugged chest. The push-up (PUS) has been around for thousand of years. By doing this exercise you'll be strengthening your body in the same way great warriors like the Spartans did. Whenever I'm down on the floor, hitting PUS reps, I like to feel a connection to these amazing physical specimens, warriors and brave men that lived in that era...
This is not a book on how to do a gazillion Push-ups (PUS), tens of PUS variations or how to break CrossFit PUS records. Neither is this a "how to do PUS" book. There are hundreds of Youtube tutorials that teach you how to do that, so I didn't see the point in adding something like that in here. In case you skipped the book's description on the sales page and you can't do PUS yet, make sure you can master at least 8 simple reps before moving on.
Not only is this book not going to teach you how to break PUS records... as a matter of fact, it will teach how to do less PUS! By learning how to use perfect form and how to increase muscle contraction intensity, you'll learn how to build that aesthetic Greek God marble chest you always wanted. And most importantly, this is not just a book about push-ups - it's about a mindset. The mindset you should be using when training with bodyweight exercises. Through this material I want to teach you to feel your body and not just bang out meaningless reps! I also tried to keep the information in here as short as possible. One of the biggest problems when it comes to getting in shape nowadays is paralysis by analysis. We over-analyze stuff and end up not getting anything done. We live in an age of information overload, and although we have all the exercise science related knowledge at the end of our fingers with a click of a mouse, we just can't manage to get in shape.