Switch up your push-up with this trainer tip from O2 Fitness Park West Personal Trainer Amber Butler. Challenge your chest, back, and core by incorporating Hand Release Push-Ups into your workout.
Workout: Hand Release Push-Ups
Targets: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, Back, Core
Personal Trainer: Amber Butler, O2 Fitness Park West, Mount Pleasant, SC
1. Lower your body flat to the mat, laying on your stomach with hands by your shoulders.
2. Squeeze the shoulder blades and raise your hands off the mat in line with your armpits.
3. Lower hands to the ground and push full body up, keeping back straight.
4. Lower to the ground and repeat for 3 sets of 10 or 2 sets of 15.
For an easier modification, drop to your knees.