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Stability Ball Push Up: Exercise of the Week

Pushups using the Stability ball make a great exercise even better! By placing the ball underneath your feet adds instability to the pushup, it forces you to engage your core and transfers more weight to your hands increasing the resistance for your chest and shoulders. If you choose to position the ball beneath your hands, this will challenge your shoulder stability. It is important to keep your shoulder blades held down and slightly squeezed together when performing pushups on the ball. Goal: Hold tension through your core and stay in alignment. Muscles involved: Pectorals, Triceps, Anterior Deltoid and Lower Abdominals. Action: Kneel behind the...