Push-Up

Teaching points

• Kneel on all fours with the hands a little wider than shoulder width
  
  
• Straighten your legs out behind you so that your weight is distributed between your hands and toes
  
  
• Bend the elbows outwards to lower the chest towards the floor
  
  
• Push back up to the starting position

Variations & progressions

• To make the exercise easier, maintain the all fours kneeling position
  
  
• Push your hips forwards so that the weight is on the hands
  
  
• Bend the elbows outwards to lower the chest towards the floor

Muscles worked

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

Alternative exercises

• Diamond push-up
  
  
• Push-up using a swiss ball
  
  
• Push-up using a resistance band

Related injuries

• Pectoral strain