How are knuckled pushups suppose to be done

Question

vertically or horizontally?

how many a day should i do?

Answer 1

Do them like a normal push up- placing your hands level with your chest and shoulder width apart.  Make sure you place the pressure on your front two knuckles (that is your pointer finger and middle finger) as this helps in development of punch also.  I assume you are a beginner so start off lightly.  Make ten.  After this becomes comfortable, add more- make increments of five or ten depending on your ability.

To make sure your body does not become used to this- as one's body can quickly adapt, mix things up when you become more confident.  For example, pyramid pushups.  Do a set of five, REST, ten, REST, fifteen REST and so forth, then come back down the other way.

Just start of easy and progress when you feel comfortable.  GOod luck mate!

Answer 2

You do both. Vertically places emphasis on your chest and shoulders, horizontally places emphasis on your arms.

You should do as many as you can in the morning and at night to start. Go until you burn out and can't do anymore, then cut that number in half and do half vertical and half horizontal. Do it every day, twice.

Answer 3

You can do them both ways and I do. There are times when you want to do a vertical punch instead of a horizontal punch and so having good forearm and wrist strength along with a strong hand are all important in this in either position.  When doing them in either position only the first two knucles should be making contact with the ground, not the flat of your entire fist or the flat of your thumb with your fist.  Start with a moderate number like eight or ten and build up over time to doing fifty at a time.  You also can do pushups on your wrists and fingertips with your fingers bent outward so that only the front of your finger tips make contact with the floor; not the flater, inside of your fingers which is how many people tend to do them.

If you can't do them on the floor do them against a wall first and build up to where you can do them on the floor.  When I trained I would do three sets of fifty with my feet elevated in a chair behind me so that more weight and pressure would be placed on my knuckles.  That was fairly hardcore and gave me good wrist, forearm and hand strength and built my knckles up so that I never had any knucle problems from punching.  This also gave me pretty strong punching power and most people felt it and the difference in my punches than other people that they had fought.  Start off with a small number and build that up over a period of time like a year and you will see a difference in your punches, focus, and how hard and tough your hand is and how hard you can punch.    

Answer 4

Mookie said it right, but i wanted to add one thing. Wtf would do a vertical push up of any kind? You would get practically zero work out from that. lol