Walk out with your hands until your feet are supported on the ball and you are
in a push up position with your hands under your shoulders.
To pick on the burpee specifically, jumping to weight bearing on
shoulders in a push up position, with head down to heart level then returning upright with a jump all the while under a zealous trainer's coaching to go as fast as possible is an injury waiting to happen.
Begin by performing retracting the
scapulae in a push up position (pinch the shoulder blades together) or standing position with hands against the wall (think about pushing the wall).
Hand walk forward - backward — 10 reps This is a new exercise for me and it killed me, I hardly did 10 reps.
Stay in push up position, keep buttocks up (don't go low), tighten core, do 4 hand steps forward, then 4 hand steps backward — this is 1 rep.. You need to put a towel under your feet in order to slide them.
When in push up position, we typically know to hold our core in a neutral position (as if we were planking) but don't always apply that logic to our necks.
An intensive routine which trains not only your abs, but also your chest, shoulders and arms since all the exercises are
done in push up position.
If regular burpees are too easy for you, you can do pushup burpees (where you make a push up once you are
in the push up position), or pull up burpees (as you jump up, grab the pull up bar and do a complete pull up.)
Then kick your legs back so you are
in a push up position and then do a push up.
Burpees — From the standing position squat down and place your hands on the floor and kick both feet back until you are
in a push up position.
Swiss ball slalom --(3 sets of 10 repetitions) Position
yourself in push up position with your hands on the ground and your feet on a Swiss ball.
Planks are perfect to work your entire core, and you can boost them a bit if you place your leg against the wall and you are
in a push up position.
From the waist up, you'll be
in a push up position: hands on the ground a little wider than shoulder width apart, chest square to the ground.
Start by standing behind the ball, put your mid section on the ball and roll forwards until your hands are able to reach the floor, walk out with your hands until your feet are supported on the ball and you are
in a push up position.
Frog jumps: start
in a push up position.
Spiderman stretch: Start
in the push up position.
In a push up position, bend your elbows by 90 degrees, resting on your forearms with them at 12 o'clock.
If you can not hold
yourself in the push up position and place your feet on the ball, start by lying with your stomach on the ball and walk your hands forward until your legs are on the ball.
• Plank (arms and core)
In a push up position (hands directly below shoulders, feet hip width apart), tighten your stomach muscles and flatten your back to make a straight line from your heels to the top of your head and hold.