--- title: "Building Blocks: The Pushup Progression Day 4" description: BridgeAthletic launches there Building Blocks Campaign which focuses on providing a progressive look at building better athletes. image: https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hubfs/photos4-1.jpg --- [![BridgeAthletic Blog](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hs-fs/hub/414934/file-1317417595.png?width=150&height=50&name=file-1317417595.png "BridgeAthletic Blog")](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com) - [BridgeAthletic.com→](https://bridgeathletic.com/) ![](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hubfs/photos4-1.jpg) August 06, 2015 By Nick Folker # Building Blocks: The Pushup Progression Day 4 Share: - - - ### **Day 4: The Tempo Pushup (3/0/1)** Welcome to day 4 of the Building Blocks progression powered by BridgeAthletic. Here's the fourth exercise of the progression. Today's exercise is a fun alteration of the pushup that tests even the best athletes. Make sure you and your athletes master the previous day before proceeding! #### **Exercise 4: Tempo Pushup (3/0/1)**   ![kneeling_pushup](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/photos4-1.jpg?width=453&name=photos4-1.jpg "kneeling_pushup") The tempo pushup adds time as a variable to increase difficulty through an increased focus on shoulder stability, triceps, and core. ### **More Building Blocks:** Be sure to check out the rest of the progression if you have more questions on how to master the pushup. [Day 1: Incline Pushup](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/building-blocks-the-pushup-0) [Day 2: Kneeling Pushup](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/building-blocks-the-pushup-0-0) [Day 3: Pushup](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/building-blocks-the-pushup-0-0-0) [Day 5: Kneeling Spiderman Pushup](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/building-blocks-the-pushup-summary) Or **[download our e-book](https://bridgeathletic-1.hs-sites.com/buildingblocks)** to receive an in-depth look at our full August Building Blocks! ### **Now it's your turn:** Thanks for joining us on the second stage of the pushup progression. Follow us on Facebook at [https://www.facebook.com/BridgeAthletic](https://www.facebook.com/BridgeAthletic), Twitter at [https://twitter.com/BridgeAthletic](https://twitter.com/BridgeAthletic) or on Instagram using the handle BridgeAthletic in order to see the rest of the progression.   Want Feedback? We're here to help. We highly encourage you and your athletes to share videos and pictures performing the exercises. Use #BuildBetterAtheltes in order to receive feedback and guidance from one of our elite coaches on the BridgeAthletic Performance Team.    Be sure to check back tomorrow for more Building Blocks! [![New Call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/414934/b3a32c4c-d3d2-48c4-b1cb-3f1a3d779a69.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/414934/b3a32c4c-d3d2-48c4-b1cb-3f1a3d779a69) #### About the Author [Nick Folker](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/author/nick-folker) ![](https://blog.bridgeathletic.com/hs-fs/hub/414934/file-1250764216.jpg?width=75&name=file-1250764216.jpg) Nick Folker is the Co-Founder and Director of Elite Performance at BridgeAthletic. 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