Exercise Ball Pike Push Up

Assume a high plank position with your hands on the exercise ball and feet on the floor. Engage your core and maintain a straight line from head to heels. Bend at your hips and lift your hips up towards the ceiling, rolling the exercise ball towards you as your body forms an inverted V shape. Pause briefly at the top and then slowly lower your hips back to the starting position, extending your arms and rolling the exercise ball away from you. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Exercise Ball Pike Push Up

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Exercise Ball Pike Push Up using your stability ball.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your deltoids.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your deltoids rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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