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Me! I did it for years while in my twenties, then stopped because of injury, bad form and other circumnstances. Now I've picked it up again but through a personal trainer. My goal is long term mobility and independence, not so much muscle growing so I strength train 3 times a week, pilates or barré 2 times a week and yoga daily to stretch and help my mental health. I love being able to do pushups and other exercises that challenge me and feeling stronger and stronger everyday. Good for you for listening to your body and what it needs, no need to risk injury to kick ass IMO.
Honestly I yearn for the day I'm able to do a pushup! Do you know of any exercises that can help me reach that goal? I don't know how effective "half pushups" are (when you balance on your knees instead of your toes).
I'm glad you prioritise your mental health as well. I don't know about you, but personally I can feel bad sometimes for not progressing as fast as I want to. With time, I learn to take things slow and appreciate slow but genuine results.
Wall pushups helped me a ton at the beginning so I could learn proper hand/arm placement, then that evolved to knee pushups like the ones you describe, then full pushups and now yoga ball pushups so my body and my mind keep getting challenges because I get bored very easy and lose interest at an alarmig rate. Slow is your friend! At least it is for me. Rushing a workout or setting unrealistic goals are killjoys that I don't need at this point.