Incline Push Ups

Place your hands on a stable elevated surface (such as a table, bench or worktop) and adopt a push up position. Hands under shoulders, long straight posture. The more vertical your body, the easier the exercise. Squeeze your glutes and brace your midsection. Keeping your elbows close to your body smoothly descend downwards until your chest is an inch or two from the surface. Pause then smoothly push back up to the start position. Make sure your body moves as one straight line throughout the exercise. As you get stronger perform from lower and lower surfaces until you are doing them from the floor!