Home > Exercise/Rehabilitation > Push-Ups for Safety Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Nov 09, 2008 by LGabel, Views: 2571 This is a description of how to do a push up with good form and efficiently so you can avoid hurting your back or neck. The push up can be done for the chest and arms and covers one of the 9 major muscle groups you need to work for strength training 2x per week.