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Instructions

• Position yourself in a normal press-up position
• Have your hands slightly wider than shoulder width
• Keep your legs straight and raise your gluts up like you are doing a ‘cat stretch’
• Bend your arms and lower your body in a circular arc
• Once your hips are low, extend your arms and push your body up
• Your hips should be almost touching the floor, arms extended and back extended
• Push back towards your heals raising your gluts in the air and extending your arms

Muscles involved

• Pectoralis Major
• Anterior Deltoid
• Triceps Brachii