Workout 08 — Bodyweight Home Workout Journal

Workout 08: Chest

1. Starting out in a regular push-up position, hands slightly more than shoulder-width. 
2. Engage your core and lower the body all the way to the ground in a slow, controlled movement.
3. With your chest on the ground, lift your hands off the ground, squeezing shoulders together.
4. Place your palms back onto the ground and complete the push up. This is one rep.
   
   

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, town toward 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.
   
   

3. Incline Push Up

Stand facing a sturdy ottoman, bed, couch, bench, etc.

Position your hands on the edge of the furniture, slightly more than shoulder-width apart, ensuring that your elbows are not locked in place. Step your feet back until your back is straight and you are resting on the balls of your feet. This is your starting position.

Keeping your body straight through the entire exercise, lower yourself down toward the furniture slowly and with control until your chest touches the furniture. 

Push your body upward, away from the furniture until you reach the original position. Do this to failure for each set.

*Try different heights of furniture for variety and to utilize slightly different muscles each time.

 

1. Lie on the ground face down and place your hands shoulder width apart. Push your body off the ground through your hands while keeping your back as straight as possible. 
2. Lower yourself back down until your chest nearly touches the ground as you inhale. 
3. Exhale and press your upper body back up to the starting position while squeezing your chest, arms, and abdominal muscles.

*Note: This can be done on the knees instead of toes. 

 

1. Starting out in a regular push-up position, lower the body until the elbows are bent 90° and chest is one to two inches from the ground.
2. Exhale, pressing up explosively so that the hands leave the ground. While in the air, bring the hands slightly in and back landing in close-grip push-up position, lowering down smoothly.
3. Exhale, pressing up explosively so that the hands leave the ground again and widening the grip again to go back into a regular push-up.

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 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.