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Also known as: Lever pushup, Sliding one-arm pushup.

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Technique

  1. Place your hands one the ground, one below your shoulder and the other held away from your body on a sliding object; this second arm will stay straight during the whole movement.
  2. Descend straight down until your chest lightly touches the floor, by letting the straight arm slide away from your body.
  3. Pause at the bottom and smoothly reverse the motion back up.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Serratus anterior

Secondary

  • 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)

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Equipment

Slider
Slider

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Appears in

Joint movements
Elbowextension
Shoulderhorizontal adductionflexion forward
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Rings archer pushup

Advanced

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Regressions

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Archer pushup

Intermediate
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Knee archer pushup

Novice
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RTO archer pushup

Advanced
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Staggered pushup

Novice
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Side-staggered pushup

Novice
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One-leg pushup

Novice
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