Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball

How to do the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball

1. Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart from each other holding your torso up at arms length.
2. Place your toes on top of an exercise ball. This will allow your body to be elevated.
3. Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
4. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest. Breathe out as you perform this step.
5. After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	chest
Secondary	shoulders, triceps
Equipment	exercise ball
Difficulty	intermediate
Type	compound

No exercise ball? Train the same muscles with these

Ordered by how likely you are to own the 6 options.

Clock Push-Up Bodyweight Decline Push-Up Bodyweight Incline Push-Up Bodyweight Incline Push-Up Medium Bodyweight Incline Push-Up Reverse Grip Bodyweight Incline Push-Up Wide Bodyweight

Easier than the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball

Same movement pattern, lower entry difficulty — work up from here.

Alternating Floor Press beginner · Kettlebell Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip beginner · Barbell Barbell Incline Bench Press - Medium Grip beginner · Barbell

Harder than the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball

Plyo Kettlebell Pushups expert · Kettlebell

Superset the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball with

Opposing lats and middle back work — alternate sets without extra rest.

Bent-Arm Barbell Pullover lats Bent Over Two-Arm Long Bar Row middle back Bodyweight Mid Row middle back Elevated Cable Rows lats

Common questions

What muscles does the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball work?

The Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball primarily works the chest, with the shoulders and triceps as secondary movers. Alternating Floor Press, Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip, and Barbell Guillotine Bench Press train the same muscle, across 11 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball?

An Exercise Ball. Without an exercise ball, Clock Push-Up, Decline Push-Up, and Incline Push-Up train the same muscle, and 17 of the catalogue's options for this muscle need no equipment.

Is the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball suitable for beginners?

It is rated intermediate. Start with Alternating Floor Press, Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip, and Barbell Incline Bench Press - Medium Grip and work up.

Where should the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball go in a workout?

Early — the Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball is compound, working 3 muscle groups, so run it first or second while you are fresh, then superset Bent-Arm Barbell Pullover and Bent Over Two-Arm Long Bar Row later.

Similar exercises

Alternating Floor Press Kettlebell Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip Barbell Barbell Guillotine Bench Press Barbell Barbell Incline Bench Press - Medium Grip Barbell Bench Press - With Bands Resistance Bands Bent-Arm Dumbbell Pullover Dumbbell