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Place your hands underneath your shoulders with fingers facing forward, aiming to keep your wrist - elbow and shoulders inline at the start of the exercise.
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Bend at your elbows, lowering your chest down, no lower than 2 inches from the floor, keeping your head inline with your spine, looking slightly forward throughout the movement. Avoid dropping your head down towards the floor.
Aim to make a right angle with your arms, holding for a split second, then return back to your starting position.
Keep a straight line through your spine, avoiding forcing your bottom into the air, and also arching of the back.
The rhythm should be smooth, with one push every 2 seconds.
Stretch and Warm Up before you commence any exercise and aim to finish with some good stretching to let your body and mind recover.
Look in the Home Workout area for a great sample workout, if any of these exercises are too hard, then adjust them to your own needs.
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