How come i cant do a push up?

Why cant i do a push up...I just started to like care about my body and so i started training i tried to do push ups but my body gives up wen i push myself up how can go up and down w/o straining or my body giving up wen i go back up?
Answer:
Try doing some chest flys with some dumbells 3 sets of (10-12 reps) for a couple of weeks. This should make push ups easier to do.

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well you cant really help it if you cant bring yourself up its just its to much at the moment... the best thing is to go only bout half way down of if you cant do that then go a third of the way down... and do that until you get tired and eventually the more you do it day to do you will be able to start doing full ones.

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your arms are weak n not enough strength to carry ur body weight. get someone who knows to check your postition

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Your pectoral (chest) muscles and triceps muscles are too weak. Do chest flys as was suggested above, triceps exercises, and also try this...put your hands on the edge of your bed, extend your legs out (you're basically leaning against your bed as though you were a plank that was set up against it) and do pushups against the edge of the bed. As you get stronger, you can put your hands on the edge of a chair or a sofa until you're finally doing push-ups on the floor.

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Try push ups in an oblique position with your feet on the ground and your hands on a table like third or half way between your feet and total height. try 10 push ups multiplied by 3 or 4/day for a week then increase it up to 10 push ups multiplied by five for another week then 15 push ups for a week 5 times a day and so on till your arms are strong enough to work with you in the horizontal position and then you can reverse the position one day with your legs higher than your arms. Persistence will help you here.

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