Push-Up

Teaching Points

• Start on your hands and knees with the band crossing your back and the ends under your hands
  
  
• Push your hips forwards into the push-up position and then bend your elbows so that your chest moves towards the floor
  
  
• Push up against the resistance of the band, back to the starting position
  
  
• To progress the exercise, start with your weight spread between your hands and toes, with the knees straight and off the floor

Muscles Worked

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

Alternative exercises

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

Related Injuries

• Pectoral strains