Videos » Exercise Encyclopedia » Pectorals » Press-up On Medicine Ball (Hard)

Instructions

• Hold your trunk tight and keep your back straight
• Position your self in a close grip press-up position with your hands on the medicine ball
• Position the medicine ball directly beneath the centre of your chest
• Lower yourself so your chest almost touches the ball
• Push up until your arms almost full extend
• Drop your hands off the ball so they land in a wide grip press-up position
• Lower yourself so your chest almost touches the medicine ball
• Push up with enough force to raise your body so you can get your hands back on the medicine ball

Muscles involved

• Pectoralis Major
• Anterior Deltoid
• Triceps Brachii