Push combo

Technique

Begin in the starting position, lying face down on your stomach. Put your arms and hands in pushup position (choose wide or narrow), strong posture and activate the abdominal support. Keep body tight - keep knees, thighs, torso in a straight line. Push away from the floor, up to almost straight arms. Move the butt toward your heels to get into the stretch exercise child pose (common in yoga). Lower the butt toward the heels and the chest toward the floor as you extend your arms forward, above the head. Take a deep breath, keep abs strong, activate pelvic floor muscles and lengthen the spine. Reverse the exercise, come back up to straight arms and lower in control.

Tips

A great exercise, which in the beginning may feel quite "impossible", but you will probably be surprised how quickly you will get stronger by training it regularly. Soon you will master the technique and feel "now Im stronger and can do this exercise well.”

Alternatives

Perform the exercise on your knees the first times, then try to do one or two repetitions on the toes.

More info

Works core, arms, shoulders, chest and better posture.

Video

Caroline Nilsson is your personal trainer showing you how to do Push combo.

This exercise is 1 of 30 exercises that are included in the app Poworkout Mama.