Technique
- Start from a Straddle handstand position.
- Bend your arms to lower down, as if you were going to do a Handstand pushup, except that you lean forward more.
- At the bottom, your body is parallel to the floor. That position is the same as the bottom position of a Straddle planche pushup.
- Reverse the motion to go back up to the starting position.
Form tips
- Avoid arching the back and avoid using momentum.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
Secondary
- Forearms
- Biceps
- Neck
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Anterior deltoid
- Middle deltoid
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
- Posterior deltoid
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Progressions
90-degree pushup
Herculean
Regressions
Bent-arm press-to-handstand
Elite
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