Technique
- Start in a Plank position, bring one hand about half a palm’s length forward and the other hand the same distance backward.
- Lower yourself slowly, pause at the bottom and smoothly bring yourself back up.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- 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
- Pectoralis major (sternal head)
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Progressions
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