Bend your arms and lower your chest down between your hands, taking care not to hyperextend your shoulders or your lumbar spine. Keep your body straight. Push yourself back up and repeat. Parallel bar dips Dips work most of the same muscles as knuckle push-ups but without the pressure on...
Without dropping your head or hips, bend your arms and lower your chest to within an inch or so of the floor. Push yourself back up and then repeat. Make knuckle push-ups more comfortable by resting your hands on an exercise mat or folded towel. ...
Try this move to target your chest and arms By Julie KenningtonPublished: 17 March 2016Bear Grylls//Digital Spy (a) Get into plank position, with your hands under but slightly outside of your shoulders then, with your core braced, lower your body with your elbows tucked in until your ches...
Muscles Targeted:Push ups do wonders to strengthen the muscles in the chest, shoulders, triceps, back, core, legs and even your toes get into the picture. It’s also a very good core exercise that works abdominal, oblique and hip flexor muscles. Because the push up is done with the hand...
Back to Exercises Difficulty:Hard Impact Level:Normal Target Body Parts:abs, triceps, chest, shoulders Instructions Start at the top of the push up position with your hands on the floor, arms straight and underneath your shoulders. Step your feet back behind you and lift your knees. Engage yo...
to lower your body all the way to the ground, then press the floor away from you to get back to the top. Make sure to keep breathing. By having a wider grip, with your fingers pointing outward, you’ll feel a different contraction, as you target more of the outside of the chest....
Medicine Ball Triceps Push-Ups The medicine ball triceps push-up is like the diamond triceps push-up but without the wrist discomfort and added stability component. Here’s how to do it: Place your hands on a firm medicine ball and setup in the push-up position. Lower your chest to the...
Which Muscles Push-ups Target The pushup is largely an upper body exercise. Most of the focus goes to the chest (pecs) and shoulders, with your triceps assisting (and, if you move your hands into a narrow position, taking on more of the load). When you use perfect form, you'll also...
What do decline pushups target? The main benefit of doing decline pushups is building strong upper chest muscles. In a decline pushup, your arms push up and away from your torso. This movement works your upper pecs and the muscles in your shoulders. When done regularly, decline pushups wi...
This chest exercise guide teaches you how to correctly execute declined push ups with instructions and photos to help you build thick muscular pecs.