Technique
- Place your palms flat on a table or the floor.
- Lift the palms off the surface by driving the fingers down
- Lean forward to place more weight
Form tips
- Keep your fingers straight
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Flexor carpi radialis
- Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Palmaris longus
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Flexor digitorum profondus
- Flexor digitorum superficialis
- Flexor pollicis longus
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Joint movements
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