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Technique

  1. Start with your body in a pyramid shape (similar to a Downward dog), with your hands on Parallettes.
  2. Bend your arms and lean forward as you go down, so that the elbows stay above the wrists and the forearms stay vertical.
  3. Push back up until your arms are straight and your shoulders above your wrists.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders

Secondary

  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Neck
  • Forearms
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae

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Equipment

Parallettes
Parallettes

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Shoulderflexion upward
trains stretches

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Regressions

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Pike pushup

Novice
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Decline deep pike pushup

Intermediate
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Decline pike pushup

Intermediate
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Pike pushup with legs lift

Intermediate
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Wall headstand pushup

Intermediate
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Pike bent-arm handstand

Intermediate
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