Stability Ball Push Up
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The Ball Push-up is the ultimate upper body exercise to strengthen and tone the chest, shoulders, and arms. This chest exercise also challenges your stability and core muscles.
Muscles Involved:
Pec Major, Pec Minor, Deltoids, Latissimus Dorsi, Abdominals
Description:
Start by facing the floor and rolling out to your thighs on the stability ball. Your hands are on the floor, slightly wider than your shoulders
Keeping your whole body tight, bend at the elbows and lower yourself toward the floor.
Press up to full extension at the elbows exhaling, returning to your start postion.
Be careful not to arch your back. This places extra pressure on your spine and the discs of it which can lead to low back problems. Remember to hold the abdominals tight by pulling the navel in toward the spine.
You can change the difficulty of this exercise by shifting the position of the ball underneath you. For more of a challenge roll out to the shins. For less intensity keep the ball higher up on the thighs.
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