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# Side-staggered pushup
> Novice · Dynamic · Unilateral. Strength
Also known as: Bent-arm archer pushup.
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 24 s |
## Technique
1. Start in a Plank position, keep one hand below your shoulder and place the other one about 2 palms length away from your torso (this is your assistance side).
2. Descend slowly straight down, using as little assistance as possible from the assisting arm.
3. Pause at the bottom and smoothly bring yourself back up to to the starting position.
4. Work both sides.
## Form tips
* Unlike the Archer pushup, in this exercise you bend the assisting arm a little and go straight down along the working arm.
**Logging:** Repetitions done on one side.
## Muscles
Strength
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
* Anterior deltoid
* Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
* Triceps brachii (long head)
* Triceps brachii (medial head)
* Triceps brachii (lateral head)
* Serratus anterior
* Pectoralis major (sternal head)
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Intermediate
## Regressions
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/side-staggered-pushup-e0sl). 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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