Stability / Swiss / Exercise Ball Push Ups / Press Ups
- From a kneeling position, place a your hands on a Swiss ball at a shoulder width distance apart.
- Slowly, while maintaining your balance, raise your knees off the ground so that your body is in an extended push-up position.
- Keeping your balance and your body straight, lower your chest towards the Swiss ball until it just touches.
- Push your hands ‘through’ the Swiss ball driving your body back up to the starting position. Try to keep your elbows close to your side throughout the entire motion.
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Stability / swiss / exercise ball push ups / press ups is a gym work out exercise that targets chest and triceps and also involves abs and obliques. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Gymnastic ring support position, decline dumbbell flyes and lying dumbbell tricep extensions are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as stability / swiss / exercise ball push ups / press ups. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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