Elevated Push Up

1. Place your feet on top of a couch, chair, or box and your hands on top of two chairs positioned slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. You can also could use objects such as a weight bench and two sturdy boxes.

2. Keeping the body in a straight line and glutes tight, descend until you feel a stretch in your pecs.

3. Reverse the movement and push your body up until your elbows lock out.

Primary: pectoralis major, triceps brachii, anterior deltoid

Secondary: serratus anterior, trapezius, rectus abdominis


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