Technique
- Start on your hands and feet in a Pike position, butt elevated.
- Lean forward to press on the hands, elevating the heels
- Return to the starting position with control and repeat.
Form tips
- Keep your hips stacked as high as possible over your shoulders.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Abs
- Obliques
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Neck
- Back
- Shoulders
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
Equipment
Appears in
Progressions
Straight-arm pike press-to-handstand
Elite
Straight-arm straddle press-to-handstand
Advanced
Pike pull-through
Advanced
Regressions
Standing pike on the ground
Novice
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