Technique
- Place your hands on the floor shoulderwidth apart, directly below your shoulders, with one hand on a raised platform.
- Slowly lower yourself down past the raised platform and go as low as your flexibility allows.
- Pause and then smoothly raise yourself back to the starting position.
- Using an unstable platform, like a ball, makes the exercise harder.
Form tips
- Make sure to distribute the load evenly between your hands.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Serratus anterior
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Flexibility
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
Secondary
- Biceps
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Joint movements
Progressions
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