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A good upperbody exercise that helps strengthen the chest and tricep muscles.
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Dependent upon your strength, adopt a suitable position, either full press-up or resting on your knees, however make sure that your hands are placed under your chest, with thumb and fingers touching.
Keeping your elbows close to your side, lower down taking your lower chest down to your hands, avoid placing your hands too far forward, as this will cause stress in your shoulders and lower back, due to the angle of your arms.
Focus on keeping a straight back throughout the movement, taking note that this is a difficult exercise, compared to a normal press-up position, so you may wish to start in a full press-up position, then perform a few more reps whilst resting on your knees.
The exercise can be made easier by having a small gap between your hands, however this takes the workload off your triceps, and places it more onto the chest and shoulders.
Stretch and Warm Up before you commence any exercise and aim to finish with some good stretching to let your body and mind recover.
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