Technique
- Hold the bottom position of a Pushup while hovering just above the ground.
- Keep your Abs engaged and a posterior Pelvic tilt.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
Equipment
Appears in
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Shoulderflexion forward
trains stretches
Progressions
Sun salutation A
Intermediate
Sun salutation B
Intermediate
Chair and Warriors
Intermediate
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