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incline push up on pillows with chin tuck - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

incline push up on pillows with chin tuck

standing incline push up performed on table with pillows, elbows bend outward while maintaining chin tuck position throughout movement.

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, cervical spine, elbow
Muscles
triceps, anterior deltoid, pectoralis major, serratus anterior
Equipment
pillow, table
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand facing a table, place 2 pillow on the table, rest the both hands on the pillows keeping elbow straight and lean on the table. Bend the elbows away from each other and try to reach the chest to the table with maintaing th chin tuck, straighten the elbow to back to starting position and repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.