Adjustable Push-Up Bench

One of the most difficult body-weight exercises for someone new to fitness is the simple push-up. It can be extremely difficult and time consuming to train your body using a bunch of OTHER exercises and tools just to get in enough shape to BEGIN doing push-ups correctly. One popular method for beginners seems to be "assisted" push-ups, basically instead of going fully prone, you lean on something like a kitchen counter or a weight bench to do push-ups at an angle where you can reduce the amount of your body weight that you're actually pushing against.

Using this principle, I thought of the concept at hand. Imagine something like the Total Gym (see link), but the platform goes all the way from the floor to the vertical support, and is wider to accommodate a range of body sizes doing a proper pushup on. The idea is to start at as high an incline as possible, say 45 degrees to get you started. Perhaps a better visual comparison would be one of those treadmills that can go up to a 40 degree incline, just a bit wider and longer. As you get more and more comfortable doing push-ups at a high angle, you can lower it by degrees until eventually you get it fully prone and you're doing push-ups like a pro!