Technique
- Get your feet up on a elevated surface and your hands on Parallettes, with your hips bent in a Pike position.
- Bend your arms and lean forward as you go down, so that the elbows stays above the wrists and the forearms stay vertical.
- Push back up until your arms are straight and your shoulders above your wrists.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Neck
Secondary
- Chest
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Anterior deltoid
- Middle deltoid
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
Equipment
Appears in
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Progressions
Wall handstand pushup
Advanced
Regressions
Decline pike pushup
Intermediate
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