Training for a mud run last year, my coach had me rotate between diamond, wide, and staggered push-ups every third day. This not only busted my plateau but revealed how each position stresses different stabilizer muscles that we usually neglect. That aligns with @the_grant's experience in Colorado, where unstable surfaces forced new adaptations. What most people overlook is the neurological component, where varied hand placements improve your brain's ability to recruit muscle fibers efficiently under fatigue. By constantly changing the stimulus, you prevent the nervous system from settling into a pattern, which is often the real bottleneck in strength gains. Have you measured your recovery time between sets when using novel hand positions versus your usual placement?

Totally agree with "chaos is the default state"! Physics feels like us desperately organizing a closet that just explodes again. Like, remember when they found out Uranus orbits sideways probably from a giant collision? That's cosmic messiness right there! Or in everyday life, my wifi always drops during important calls, as if the universe hates order. We build grand theories, but then a cat bats a slit or a cloud ruins telescope data. It's all just beautiful, complicated clutter!