It's Max Tapper again for Howcast.
Now, today we're going to go through a medicine
ball push up.
Obviously that means we're going to be doing
push ups on a medicine ball.
Many different sizes, does not matter what
weight it is either.
It just matters that it's able to withstand
your body weight and be hard.
All right?
Now, there are many different things you can
do with a medicine ball push up.
You can do a close grip push up.
You can do a rolling push up where you push
up and switch it between hands.
I'll show you both of them.
Okay?
So follow me.
First, I'm going to show you the closed grip
medicine ball push up.
Now, we just put both hands on the medicine
ball, which is going to be a closed grip position
and we're going down.
Until we touch our chest, back up.
Until we touch our chest, back up.
Now, that's that one.
I'm going to show you now the alternate medicine
ball push up, where you roll it.
Starts off with one hand, you do a press,
roll it, catch it, press other side.
Roll it, catch it, press other side.
There's so many different variations of a
medicine ball push up that, honestly, you
just need to have fun with it.
As long as there's a medicine ball and you
can do push ups on it you can create any type
of exercise you want.
Now, obviously a medicine ball push up's going
to be a little harder than a normal push up
because your hands will be closer and you'll
be focusing on one point.
You're not going to have the wide stability
you had in other push ups, so it's going to
be a lot more difficult.
Very challenging.
The rolling one is going to put more strain
on one side of your body at a time.
So what it's going to do is challenge one
side of your body while the other one is doing
a little less.
Completely fine.
Remember, this is fun, it may be challenging,
do it safely and have a good time.
Now, the really cool thing about a medicine
ball push up is you can see as I press on
this ball and I extend, what it does to my
chest.
So obviously there's a bigger requirement
in your chest to pull your arms forward.
So it's a very nice exercise for helping define
your chest and your stomach.
Medicine ball push up.
Enjoy it.
