Performing these half dozen pectoral muscle exercises regularly will help improve your posture and your push-ups PR.

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For improving posture, her favorite push exercises arepush-ups,overhead presses, andbench presses.

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This movement focuses on your bodys stability, increasing your back and shoulder strength.

The bench press homes in on your pectoral muscles, shoulders, and triceps.

All three activate your back muscles while building needed core strength for more aligned posture.

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Do push-ups, and more push-ups, Atkins says.

Plus, there aresomanypush-up variations, youre guaranteed to never get bored while building up strength.

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