This exercise targets the upper chest musculature, while secondarily engaging the triceps and shoulders. Focus on quality repetitions!
execution
- 1Get in a push-up position with your hands at shoulder width and feet elevated on a couch or chair
- 2Lift your hips up so that the whole body is straight
- 3Look down and let the body go down slowly, until the chest touches the ground
- 4Push up explosively, without locking out the elbows
- 5Repeat the movement pattern