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Technique

  1. Perform a standard Straddle pushup. The wider your legs open, the more weight is shifted from your hands to your feet, thus making the exercise easier.
  2. From the bottom position, push yourself up as explosively as possible.
  3. You will need enough speed to get your whole body off the ground (hands and feet), so that your are airborne for a fraction of a second.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Serratus anterior

Secondary

  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Serratus anterior

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Elbowextension
Shoulderprotractionflexion forward
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Air pushup

Advanced
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Chest clap pushup

Intermediate
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Feet up pushup

Intermediate
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Arms up straddle pushup

Intermediate
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Behind-the-back clap pushup

Advanced
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Clap pushup

Novice
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