Stability Ball: Push Up Video

Traditional push ups become both more challenging and more effective when done with a stability ball. Learn how to do a full body workout with a stability ball in this free fitness video.

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Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise. The areas of her specialization are injury rehab after surgery and sports specific training.

Okay, this clip is going to be stability ball pushups and we are going to show a couple different options on this. The most challenging option is to place your ball on the floor and you are going to get down with the ball and place both palms on the side. Now you can do this on your knees or on your toes and I am going to choose to do this on my toes. There we go squeeze down, keep your back nice and flat. Okay, so you can always put it up against a surface for a little bit more stability and place both hands on the side and make sure it is nice and secure and come down to push up position. Now if this is still too much of a challenge you can drop down to your knees, you want to put a little bit of cushion there of course and bring it close. Make sure you have a nice stable surface, with the ball about chest level, hands on either side at an angle and then bring your body in. Of course you always want to make sure that your ball has enough air to create a stable surface for you.

Stability Ball: Push Up Video

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