Bodyweight Transformation Journal
Workout 17: Chest & Abs
Chest Exercises
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. 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. 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. 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.
Abs Exercises
1. Start in a middle plank position with your hands directly under your shoulders and your body in a straight line.
2. Lift your right foot off the ground and bring your right knee towards your right elbow, engaging your core and obliques.
3. Return your right foot back to the starting position while maintaining the plank position.
4. Repeat the movement on the other side, lifting your left foot and bringing your left knee towards your left elbow.
5. Continue alternating sides, maintaining control and stability throughout the exercise.
1. Lie on your back with your legs extended and your arms by your sides.
2. Keeping your lower back pressed into the floor, engage your core and lift both legs towards the ceiling, using your abdominal muscles.
3. Slowly lower your legs back down towards the floor, maintaining control and avoiding any arching in your lower back.
4. Repeat the movement for the desired number of repetitions.
1. Lie on your back with your arms and legs spread out, forming a star shape.
2. Engage your core and simultaneously lift your right arm and left leg, bringing them towards each other and meeting over your midline.
3. Lower your right arm and left leg back to the starting position and repeat on the other side, lifting your left arm and right leg.
4. Continue alternating sides, maintaining control and stability throughout the movement.
1. Start in a push-up position with your hands directly under your shoulders and your body in a straight line from head-to-toe. Lower yourself down to your forearms.
2. Engage your core, glutes, and leg muscles to hold the position, ensuring your hips are neither too high nor too low.
3. Keep your neck aligned with your spine and your gaze towards the floor.
4. Hold the plank for the desired duration, maintaining proper form and breathing rhythm.