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Stability Ball Push Ups for Your Upper Body Workout

Last Update: September 18, 2008

Video By: eHow.com

Learn how to do push ups on a stability ball to build strength and muscle tone in this upper body workout and fitness video.

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James Fitzgerald is the owner of MVP Fitness, as well as the General Manager and Director of Aerobics at Ultimate Fitness. He is certified as a personal trainer and group kickboxing instructor through Fitness Instructor Training of Stafford, TX. He is also a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the IDEA Health & Fitness Association. Mr. Fitzgerald leads the "Power Hour Plus" cardio kickboxing fitness class at Ultimate Fitness. He can be reached at jmfitzgerald@mvpfitness.us MVP Fitness has a mission to change the way exercise is viewed on the whole, and to encourage people to make fitness a part of everyday life. Their programs are designed to build functional strength through fundamental training.

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Video Transcript

Next, I'm going to show you how to do a push up using a stability ball. What you want to do is grab your new best friend, right here. Get an angle here where you are comfortable on the ball, where the ball is not going to roll. So, stabilize your shoulders and get a grip on the ball from about here. Come back into a push up position keeping your back straight and your neck neutral with your spine. What you want to do is come on down and push that right up. Try not to arch your back. Try to keep your chest locked in, shoulders stabilized. That's what's going to help you stay balanced on the ball; and push that straight up from your chest. Again, down and come on up. Down and come on up. If you need to help you out with your balance, you can take a wider grip, a wider stance with your feet and your legs. So, that's what going to help you if you are a beginner at this. That's going to help you better maintain your balance. The closer your feet are together, the more your going to have to lock in your core to maintain your balance. It's more of an advanced movement and it's up and down. That's a push up using a stability ball.

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