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# Dolphin pushup
> Novice · Dynamic · Bilateral. Strength, flexibility
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Bilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 17 s |
## Technique
1. Start in a Dolphin Pose, with your forearms on the ground, parallel to each other, and your hips up.
2. Push on your hands to lift your elbows off the ground at the same time.
3. Keep extending your arms until you reach a pyramid position (similar to Downward dog), then reverse the motion back to the starting position.
## Muscles
Strength
- Forearms
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Shoulders
Flexibility
- Chest
- Back
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Hip adductors
- Legs
- Pelvis
* Triceps brachii (long head)
* Triceps brachii (medial head)
* Triceps brachii (lateral head)
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Intermediate
## Regressions
Novice
Novice
Intermediate
Novice
Novice
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/dolphin-pushup-e0iz). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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