Technique
- Start in a Plank position.
- Bend your knees and push on your hands to bring your buttocks to your heels.
- Then press from your feet and extend your legs to move your body forward and bend your arms to perform a Pushup.
- Keep rocking back-and-forth between the two positions.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
- Abs
- Obliques
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Regressions
Pushup
Novice
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