Technique
- Start in a Plank position, with your palms on the floor shoulder-width apart, directly below your shoulders.
- Slowly lower yourself bending at the elbows until your elbows form a right angle.
- Pause and then smoothly raise yourself back to the starting position.
Form tips
- Make sure your body is not “sagging”: keep your Abs engaged and a posterior Pelvic tilt.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Serratus anterior
- 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
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
Equipment
Appears in
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Progressions
Pushup
Novice
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