Add a Stability Ball to your Push Up Workout

Stability Ball Push Up Workout

The stability ball push up adds a little sauce to your push up workout. Not only will this little number help tone up those pecs, but it'll also improve your overall athleticism.

How, you ask? Well, adding any complex movement to an ordinarily static movement (like the generic bench press or the classic push up) will engage a number of supplementary muscles required for stability. The end result is that instead of only working a few muscles, you're working a boat load all at once!

In this specific example, aside from working your pectorals, deltoids and arm muscles, you're also engaging you're entire entourage of core stabilizing muscles in your back, hips, shoulders and abdominals.

Ready for some major improvements? Add a stability ball to any of your workout routines!! I have written some other demonstration pages on stability ball workouts that you can try. Give them a shot!

But remember...don't forget to add them to your workout log. How do you know how much to do if you don't know what you did!

Stability Ball Push Up Workout

First of all, grab your stability ball and get into a push up position with your hands about shoulder-width apart, back straight, and shins on top of the ball.

Second, keeping your back straight and the ball still, lower yourself towards the ground with your arms until your face is a few inches above the floor. Try not to flare out your elbows too much as this puts more stress on your joints.

Make it extra spicy!!

Here are some tips to making the exercise more difficult.

1) The closer you move your feet together, the harder your stabilizing muscles will work.

2) You can also vary the width of your hands. The closer your hands are, the harder the exercise will be (combine this with step 1 above if you like!). Make sure you keep your elbows in if you move your hands closer together.

3) Vary the position of your hands! You can point your fingers outwards to add a new dynamic.

Step 1: Get into a pushup position using your stability ball.
Step 2: Lower yourself towards the ground using only your arms. Keep your back straight and don't flare out your elbows too much.
Step 3: Slowly return to starting position.

Keep your back straight and abs tight.

Always go slow when doing any push up workout!

Push Up Workouts
Standard Pushup	Stability Ball Pushup	Resistance Tube Pushup
Dive Bomber Pushup	Hindu Pushup	Wobble Board Pushup
Diamond Pushup	One-Handed Pushup	BOSU Ball Pushup
Military Pushup	T Pushup	Sphinx Pushup
Weighted Vest Pushup w/ Hip Flexion	Stability Ball Pushup Walk

Ab Workout Basics	Ab Muscle Basics
Abdominals	Obliques
Ball Crunches	Torso Rotations
Reverse Crunches	Dynamic Torso Rotations
Supine Ball Crunches
Ball Rolls
Knee Tuck
Pikes
Ball Weave
Crunches with Weight Plate
Scissor Kicks
Leg Raise
Sit Ups w/ Exercise Bands
Exercise Ball Exchange

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