After reading their tips and details on the exercise’s perks, you’ll never skip chest day again.
Extend arms straight above center of chest to raise dumbbells toward the ceiling, palms facing toward one another.
Optional: Gently lift upper shoulders and neck off the ground for further core activation.
Photo: Jenna Brillhart
Pause when dumbbells reach shoulder height.
C.Exhale and squeeze through chest to pull dumbbells back together above chest to return to the starting position.
Here, the pros break it down.
Remember: Push-ups primarily call upon your pectoralis major and anterior deltoid,research shows.
It almost looks like their upper back is rounded, notes Wang.
Doing so ups the risk of a shoulder injury, especially if youre lacking adequateshoulder mobility, she explains.
If you want to eliminate that possibility, I would just perform them on the floor, says Wang.
That way the floor is gonna stop the range of motion.
Photography and art: Jenna BrillhartModel and fitness expert: Rachel MariottiWardrobe: SET Active
