French press with barbell on fitball

Primary target:

Arms (Triceps)

Secondary target:

None

Difficulty:

(6/10)

Equipment required:

How many reps should I do?

What weight should I use?

Techniques

To perform the French press with barbell on fitball safely, please follow these steps:

Sit on the ball with the bar resting on your thighs
Now slowly walk your feet forwards rolling your body down the ball until your shoulders are resting on the ball
There should now be a straight line running from your shoulders to your knees so dont drop your bum
Your hands should be about shoulder width on the bar
Now raise the bar into the air until your arms are straight but avoid locking your elbows
Keeping the shoulder joint perfectly still, slowly lower the bar towards your head, your elbows should remain pointing to the sky
Slowly raise the bar again whilst keeping your shoulderjoint still
Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you can no longer maintain correct technique

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