Every time I see a video of someone doing push-ups, there's always someone in the comments saying about how the form is bad. I was always told my form was bad, but was never told what to do to improve it. Are push-ups just some Emperor's New Clothes kind of thing where nobody knows how to do one, but everyone needs to pretend to know so they don't seem like un-fit idiots?
Yeah I've heard different things. Growing up I thought you were supposed to have your elbows at 90 degrees at the bottom, then I trained with some guys who swore by keeping your hands in close to your ribs and bending your elbows almost parallel to your body
That second one is much more correct, you definitely do not want to flare your elbows out that much like you were told to when growing up.