July

Hard “Core” Push Up Variations

The push up is one of the best core training exercises for mountain biking and I really like variations that place different and more difficult demands on the core. In this video I show you a “hard core” push up using an Ultimate Sandbag and one using a stability ball…and then I show you one combining both tools for an extremely difficult push up variation.

-James Wilson-

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Markus says:

Hi James, I see you took my recent comment to heart and incorporated the Swiss Ball into your latest training vid. I love doing the push up/pike combo, it’s a really good full body finisher to any session…I am such a hard core dude….haha. Please don’t throw away all your other fitness gear though.
Best regards from Tel Aviv.

Reply • July 6 at 5:32 am

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