Technique
- Start in a Plank position with your hands close together.
- Bend your arms and go all the way down until your chest lightly touches your hands.
- Push yourself back to the starting position.
Form tips
- Keep your Abs engaged and a posterior Pelvic tilt.
- Keep your head neutral (do not crane forward).
- Keep your elbows close to the body on the way down; do not let them flare out.
- Push your shoulders forward at the top ( Shoulder protraction).
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
Strength
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Progressions
Pseudo-planche pushup
Intermediate
Rings wide pushup
Intermediate
Decline diamond pushup
Intermediate
Regressions
Pushup
Novice
Knee diamond pushup
Novice
Incline diamond pushup
Novice
Variations
Pushup
Novice
Wide pushup
Novice
Pushup eccentric
Beginner
Band-assisted pushup
Beginner
Weighted pushup
Novice
Band-resisted pushup
Novice
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