Push-Up

Target Area: Upper Body 

Equipment: Not required

  1. Begin with your hands placed under your shoulders and feet slightly wider than hip width apart on the floor.
  2. Step your legs behind with your feet together and curl your toes under.
  3. Lift your hips up and keep your chest in front of your hands.
  4. Form a straight line from your head through to your heels, and maintain this line throughout the movement.
  5. Lower yourself downward until your chest almost touches the floor while your feet stay firmly put.
  6. Straighten your arms back up to the starting position before you lower yourself down again. This is one repetition.

INTENSITY

Increase

Perform this movement with your feet on a box or bench

Decrease

Perform this movement on your knees instead of your toes.

ALTERNATIVE

Push-Up On Knees

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