Reverse Push-Up

Teaching points

• Position yourself on your knees with the ball in front of you
  
  
• Place your hands on the ball just wider than shoulder width apart with the elbows straight
  
  
• Lean forwards, rolling the ball away if necessary, until your knees, hips and shoulders are in a straight line
  
  
• Bend the elbows out to the sides, lowering the chest towards the ball
  
  
• Push back up, straightening the elbows, and repeat

Muscles worked

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

Alternative exercises

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

Related injuries

• Pectoral strain