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elevated table push up with pillow support - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

elevated table push up with pillow support

incline push up performed at table height with hands on pillows, lowering chest toward table then pressing back up

Starting position
standing
Joints
shoulder, elbow, wrist
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 placing 2 pillows on it. Keeping elbows straight, rest the hands on the pillow and lean on the table. Try to reach the chest near the table by bending the elbows . Push the table and return back to starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.