Intermediate exercise

Push-Up With Feet On Stability Ball

Also called Push-Up With Feet On An Exercise Ball

  • Muscle Growth
  • Stability
  • Strength
  • Calisthenics

Technique

How to perform Push-Up With Feet On Stability Ball

  1. Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about shoulder width apart from each other holding your torso up at arms length.
  2. Place your toes on top of an exercise ball.
  3. This will allow your body to be elevated.
  4. Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
  5. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest.
  6. Breathe out as you perform this step.
  7. After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

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Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head, Anterior Deltoid, Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head.

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid0.9Target, Mover, Stabilizer
Serratus Anterior0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Rectus Abdominis0.3Stabilizer