EOTW - Beyond The Range Decline Press Ups

Providing you have healthy shoulders and elbows this is a fantastic variation on a standard decline press up

By placing the hands on raised surfaces, this allows a great range of motion in the bottom position - the point where the face usually meets the floor and stops you going further.

This also works well for the standard press up exercise too although most people don't have the same range of motion issues.

Key Points

• Start with knees on the floor and each hand on a raised surface. The surface can be step, weight plates, anything that is going to be stable and not slide out.
  

• Brace abdominals and glute muscles. Then fully extend both legs behind up onto the bench, keeping arms straight, shoulders over hands. Body should be in a straight line from ankles - shoulders. Toes should be on bench.
  

• Breathe in and keeping body straight, bend arms to lower chest to floor.
  

• At bottom of movement, body should remain in a straight line with elbows and arms approximately 45 degrees to body.
  

• Breathe out and push body away from floor until arms are straight.