Bodyweight Transformation Journal
Exercise Index
All Chest Exercises
1. Using a sturdy box or other object, get into push-up position with one hand on the box and the other hand on the floor. Your hands should be shoulder-width apart.
2. Lower yourself down as you would in a typical push-up, focusing on putting more of a bend in the elbow of the arm on the box than your floor-arm. The goal is to keep your chest as close to parallel with the ground as you can.
3. Push yourself back up, place the floor-hand on the box and move the box-hand onto the floor.
1. Stand upright with your knees slightly bent.
2. Place your hands together in a praying position in front of your chest. Your elbows should be pointing out to your sides and your fingers pointing ahead of you while pushing tightly against each other.
3. Slowly move your hands outward away from your body so that your arms fully extend, down towards your hips and away from your chest, while your hands are still positioned together and pushing tightly against each other.
4. To feel this movement to its highest extent, you want to be pushing your hands together as tightly as you possible. You can try putting a weighted plate between your hands to increase the difficulty.
5. Bring your wrists back in toward your chest.
1. Position yourself facing the ground with your feet raised on an elevated surface such as a bench or step, while placing your hands on the ground slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
2. Engage your core and keep your body in a straight line from your head to your heels.
3. Lower your body by bending your elbows, keeping them close to your body, until your chest nearly touches the ground.
4. Push back up to the starting position by extending your elbows, while maintaining a straight line from your head to your heels.
5. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
1. Starting out in a regular push-up position, lower your body until your elbows are bent 90 degrees and chest is one to two inches from the ground.
2. Press up explosively so that the hands leave the ground. While in the air, bring your hands in towards your torso to land in a close grip push-up position.
3. Perform a push-up in the close-grip stance, before explosively pushing off the ground to land again in the wide-grip stance you started with.
4. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
1. Stand upright with your knees slightly bent.
2. Place your hands together in a praying position in front of your chest. Your elbows should be pointing out to your sides and your fingers pointing ahead of you while pushing tightly against each other.
3. Slowly move your hands outward away from your body so that your arms fully extend, up and away from your chest, while your hands are still positioned together and pushing tightly against each other.
4. To feel this movement to its highest extent, you want to be pushing your hands together as tightly as possible. You can try putting a weighted plate between your hands to increase the difficulty.
5. Bring your wrists back in toward your chest.
1. Find an elevated surface, such as a bench or step, and place your hands shoulder-width apart on the surface, with your feet on the ground behind you.
2. Make sure your body is in a straight line from your head to your heels, with your core engaged and your glutes squeezed.
3. Slowly lower your body towards the bench, bending your elbows and keeping them close to your sides.
4. Once your chest reaches the bench, push yourself back up to the starting position, straightening your arms.
5. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
1. Begin in plank position, hands a few inches apart from each other. The closer they are to each other, the more difficult this exercise will be.
2. Bend your elbows slowly as you lower your body toward the floor.
3. When your chest reaches just below your elbows, pause for a count of two.
4. Contract your core muscles, press your hands into the ground, and lift your body back to start.
1. Stand upright with your knees slightly bent.
2. Place your hands together in a praying position in front of your chest. Your elbows should be pointing out to your sides and your fingers pointing ahead of you while pushing tightly against each other.
3. Slowly move your hands outward, away from your body, so that your arms fully extend while still positioned together and pushing tightly against each other.
4. To feel this movement to its highest extent, you want to be pushing your hands together as tightly as possible. You can try putting a weighted plate between your hands to increase the difficulty.
5. Bring your wrists back in toward your chest.
1. Start in a plank position with your hands placed slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your feet together or hip-width apart.
2. Lower your body down towards the ground by bending your elbows and keeping your core engaged. Keep your body in a straight line.
3. Push your body back up to the starting position by straightening your arms.
4. Repeat the movement for the desired number of repetitions.
1. Start in a high plank position with your hands placed slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your fingers pointing towards your feet.
2. Lower your body towards the ground by bending your elbows, keeping them close to your body.
3. Push yourself back up to the starting position, using the muscles in your chest, shoulders, and triceps.
4. To make the exercise easier, you can perform it on your knees instead of your toes.
1. Begin in a standard push-up position with your hands shoulder-width apart, body straight, and feet together.
2. Lower your body to the ground until your torso is actually on the floor.
3. Pull your hands off the floor for just a second.
4. Place your hands back on the floor and perform a push-up.
5. Repeat for the desired number of reps.
1. Assume a push-up position with your hands placed wider than shoulder-width apart and your feet together. Your body should be in a straight line from your head to your heels.
2. Lower your body until your chest almost touches the ground, while keeping your elbows close to your sides.
3. Push yourself back up to the starting position by straightening your arms.