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Also known as: Mike Tyson pushup.

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Technique

  1. Start in a Plank position, with your feet planted against a wall.
  2. Bend your knees and push on your hands to bring your buttocks to your heels.
  3. Then press from your feet and extend your legs to move your body forward and bend your arms to perform a Pushup.
  4. Keep rocking back-and-forth between the two positions.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Serratus anterior
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Biceps
  • Forearms
  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Serratus anterior
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

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Equipment

Free Wall
Free Wall

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
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Wall fingertip pushup

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