What Is a Dive Bomber Push-Up?

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat-burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness, though. Working out can also help build healthy bone density, muscle strength and joint mobility. It can also reduce your general health risks, boost the immune system and help with depression and insomnia. Whether a reason for exercising is to lose weight or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to help promote the health of the body and mind. In this free video series, a strength and conditioning specialist provides tips for exercising to achieve greater physical fitness. Find out how to do a dive bomber push-up, how to get rid of cellulite by working out and how to exercise at home without equipment. Learn about aerobic training, morning exercise routines and the best exercises to lose belly fat. Improve workout techniques and get in better shape by following the demonstrations in these free videos.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ashleigh Gass, Strength and Conditioning Specialist at brilliantathlete.com. A dive bomber push up is a little more advanced than any normal push ups. So make sure that you've got a good training background before you do this. Also make sure that you stretch out your chest and shoulders before starting this exercise. So this is what a dive bomber push up looks like. I go down and up and back down and up. Down, up, back down and up. If you do enough of those, pretty soon what happens is it turns into a bit of an aerobic exercise which means, you're going to get your breath going; you're going to get your heart rate going as well. So that's a dive bomber push up. Again, before you do that, make sure that you can do regular push ups just fine and make sure you stretch out your chest and your shoulder muscles. I'm Ashleigh Gass with brilliantathlete.com."