Decline Pushups

Instructions

1. 1.Start in the push up position with your feet elevated on a flat bench. Your arms should be shoulder width apart. This is your starting position.
2. 2.Bend your elbows to slowly lower your chest as low as possible. Make sure you keep your elbows in. Inhale as you perform this movement.
3. 3.Push and return to the starting position, focusing on contracting your chest muscles as you do so and exhaling.
4. 4.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.

Tips

• Try to go as low as possible in the push up for maximum effect.
• If it is too easy you can increase the height of where your legs are perched.
• Keep your body straight during the pushup.
• Perform the reps slowly and in a controlled manner.

Breathing Instructions

Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.

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