Next Level Push-Ups for A Toned Upper Body and Abs

Try these next level push-ups to help tone upper body and abs! Reverse pike with shoulder touch push-ups is an intermediate exercise and should be performed on a stable surface prior to performing it with the StrongBoard Balance board. This exercise is primarily for the chest, shoulders, and abdominals but will also work the entire core musculature, along with the obliques and lower back.

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1. Start by placing both hands on the floor, keeping shoulders directly over your hands.

2. Place both feet on platform with a closer than normal stance, toes on the StrongBoard Balance logo.

3. Keeping your abs braced, lower yourself into a push up. Bring yourself back into a plank position.

4. Immediately bring your right hand to your left shoulder, then back down.

5. Immediately bring your left hand to your right shoulder, then back down.

6. From plank position, begin walking your hands toward the board, until you are in a full pike.

7. Walk yourself back to full plank position.

8. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions and sets.

Tips: Be sure to keep spine erect and stabilized during full plank position. For more of a challenge you can slow the tempo of your walk to and from Pike. You can also hold your plank position. 

StrongBoard Balance utilizes MULTI SPRING TECHNOLOGY™ that works with your body to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to keep your core musculature and stabilizing muscles engaged and contracted, while training your central nervous system, improving posture, proprioception and reaction time.

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Strengthen & Tone Arms with the Triple Crush Exercise

Strengthen & tone arms, both biceps and triceps, with the Triple Crush Advanced Combination exercise! Doing them on StrongBoard Balance Board will also work the lower body and help improve balance.

1. Begin by standing wide on StrongBoard’s platform, slight bend in your knees, holding a weighted plate.

2. Keep chest up, shoulders in your back pockets and abs engaged.

3. Grip the weighted plate with both hands, flip it down so that you are holding it against your quads.

4. Then, curl the weighted plate up to your chest.

5. Without stopping momentum, lift the weighted plate up over your head, and press it towards the ceiling / sky.

6. Again, without stopping momentum, keep your elbows in and drop the weighted plate behind your head into a tricep extension.

7. Slowly reverse the steps, bring the weighted plate back over your head, back down to your chest, and then back down to your quads.

8. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions.

Tips: This exercise is an advanced combination move. Keep a slight bend in the knees when standing on StrongBoard Balance. Keep abs fully engaged as you bring the weighted plate over your head. For more of a challenge, progress to heavier plates. 

StrongBoard Balance utilizes MULTI SPRING TECHNOLOGY™ that works with your body to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to keep your core musculature and stabilizing muscles engaged and contracted, while training your central nervous system, improving posture, proprioception and reaction time.

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Work Arms & Legs with Pinch Grip Plate Row | Arm Workout Video

Looking for a great arm workout? Try Pinch Grip Plate Rows on StrongBoard. It is a great exercise for the upper & lower body. Add StrongBoard Balance Board to the mix to also improve balance and strengthen core.

1. Stand on StrongBoard Balance with your feet wide, resting against the platform handles.

2. With one weighted plate in each hand, slightly bend your knees and bend your upper body over to a 45 degree angle. Be sure to hip hinge and protect your back by keeping your core engaged.

3. Hold this position as you pull the plates up towards your chest, engaging your upper back muscles. Keep your elbows tucked into your ribcage as you raise the plates.

4. Slowly lower the plates back to starting position.

5. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions.

Tips: A hip hinge is movement (flexion and extension) through the hip joint, keeping a neutral spine and the knees slightly flexed. Increase your challenge by lowering your self into a deeper squat. You can also progress to heavier plates.

 

StrongBoard Balance utilizes MULTI SPRING TECHNOLOGY™ that works with your body to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to keep your core musculature and stabilizing muscles engaged and contracted, while training your central nervous system, improving posture, proprioception and reaction time.

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Dips | Best Exercise For Triceps & Arms | Workout Video

Dips on StrongBoard Balance Board is a great exercise for triceps. Performing this exercise on StrongBoard will improve balance while also working core. Check out StrongBoard Balance Founder Mike Curry!

1) Position your hands shoulder-width apart on StrongBoard Balance.

2) Slide your glutes off the front of StrongBoard Balance with your legs extended out in front of you.

3) Straighten your arms, keeping a little bend in your elbows to keep tension off your joints and on your triceps.

4) Slowly lower your body towards the floor until your triceps are perpendicular to the floor. Be sure to keep your back close to the platform.

5) Once you reach the bottom of the movement, press down onto the platform to straighten your elbows, returning to the starting position. This completes one rep.

6) Keep your shoulders in your back pockets and your elbows back as you perform each repetition.

Do 15 to 20 reps per set and aim to do two to three sets.

StrongBoard Balance® utilizes MULTI SPRING TECHNOLOGY™ that works with your body to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to keep your core musculature and stabilizing muscles engaged and contracted, while training your central nervous system, improving posture, proprioception and reaction time.

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Superman Push Ups | Work Arms & Strengthen Core

Work arms & strengthen core with Superman push ups on StrongBoard Balance Board. It may look simple, but it’ll definitely make you sweat! Check out Jason Miyashiro.

1. Start in full plank position, so your abs are engaged, your hands are directly below your shoulders, and your head is in proper alignment with your spine.

2. Position your hands palm down on StrongBoard Balance – shoulder width apart with elbows tucked in.

3. Lower your torso to rest on the platform.

4. Remove your hands from the platform and stick out in front of you like Superman.

5. Bring your hands back to platform and raise yourself back into plank position by pushing the board away from you.

Tips: Inhale on the way down; exhale as you push up. Squeeze your triceps at the top. Keep your abs engaged at all times by pulling your belly button in towards your spine.

StrongBoard Balance® utilizes MULTI SPRING TECHNOLOGY™ that works with your body to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to keep your core musculature and stabilizing muscles engaged and contracted, while training your central nervous system, improving posture, proprioception and reaction time.

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