Ball Push-Up

Teaching points

• Position yourself with the ball under your shins and hands on the floor
  
  
• Keep your back straight throughout
  
  
• Bend your elbows, to lower your chest towards the ground
  
  
• Slowly push back to the starting position

Variations and progressions

• Make the exercise harder by having only your feet on the ball

Muscles worked

• Pectoralis Major
  
  
• Triceps Brachii
  
  
• Anterior fibres of Deltoid
  
  
• Serratus Anterior

Alternative exercises

• Wall push-up with a swiss ball
  
  
• Push-up
  
  
• Chest press machine
  
  
• Chest press using resistance band

Related injuries

• Pectoral strain