Upper Body Exercises

Dive Bomber Push-up
Get down on all fours and place your hands on the floor, slightly wider than and in line with your shoulders.

Push your hands into the floor and pull your hips up and back until you’re in a downward dog position. You should be up on your toes with your body forming an inverted V shape.

Keeping your legs straight, bend your elbows and drive your chest forward and down toward the floor. As your head passes your hands, press up to straighten your arms, finishing in an upward dog position.

Breathe in when you move down and breathe out when you move up again

Reverse the movement to return to the starting position.
Some people call this move also the barbed wire pushup, because it looks like a soldier who sneaks his head up at the end of barbed wires.



Narrow Hands Push-up
Start on the floor and place your hands directly under your chest, closer than shoulder-width apart. Begin lowering your body by bending your elbows, keeping your core tight and your back flat, until your chest grazes the floor. Keep your elbows tucked in toward your body

Breathe in when you move down and breathe out when you move up again

Deep Push-up
Find two even, stable surfaces to place your hands on. The best approach is to use three similar chairs, one for your feet, and one for each hand. Place your feet on top of the chair, and your hands on top of two chairs positioned slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Assume a push-up position and keep your back and legs straight.

Do a classic push-up, but bring your chest down until it is fully stretched. Therefore, you main goal is to lower yourself further toward the floor. That way you stretch the muscles of the chest, and work them over a greater range of motion. Reverse the movement and push your body up until your elbows lock out. Again, keep your body locked in a straight line the whole time. The farther apart you position the chairs, the more difficult the exercise.

Breath in when you move down and breathe out when you move up again



Triangle Push-Up
Get in a plank position with your hands touching just under your breast muscles. Bring your thumbs and index fingers together so they touch and form a triangle or diamond shape. Unbend your elbows and lock out your triceps to form a straight diagonal line from your feet to your head.

While keeping your elbows tight to your rib cage and upper obliques, lower your upper body back to the floor using your abdominal muscles for stability. Just before your breast reach the floor, press your body back to the start position.

Breathe in when you move down and breathe out when you move up again

Frog jump Push-Up
Breath in. Get into plank position, hands under shoulder, toes touching the ground. Breath out. Get down with your body until your nose almost touches the ground. While you move down breath in. Push up until your arms are almost stretched. Breath out while you move up. Now jump with both legs at the same time towards your arms. While you keep your hands on the ground. Jump back with your feet to the original position. Breath out while you do so. This is one complete move.