Technique
- Perform a Fingertip pushup, and push explosively on your way back up, to allow your fingertips to get off the ground at the top.
Form tips
- Keep your Abs engaged and a posterior Pelvic tilt.
- Arms are close to the body - max 45° out.
- Go all the way down until you almost touch the ground.
- Keep your head neutral (do not crane forward).
- Distribute the weight evenly on your hands.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Forearms
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
Secondary
- Biceps
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Flexor digitorum superficialis
- Flexor digitorum profondus
- Flexor pollicis longus
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
HandFinger flexion
trains stretches
Regressions
Fingertip pushup
Novice
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