Wall push-ups

Good for upper body

Stand facing a wall. Put your hands on the wall about shoulder width apart, elbows just below shoulder height and fingers spread wide. Bend your elbows and lower your chest towards the wall, then push through your hands, squeeze through with your chest and return to your start position. Repeat. “A wall push-up is a great way to build upper-body strength,” explains Michelle. “It requires you to consider your posture, your abdominal core strength, to pull in through the core and protect your back.”

Pump it up by: “Build up to having feet further away from the wall, to getting on knees and doing a push up against a chair, table or bench to eventually getting on the floor with knees on the ground – or lying on the ground - to do a push-up.”