Technique
- Perform a Pushup using a pair of dumbbells as parallettes under the hands.
- At the top of the movement, shift your weight to one hand and rotate your torso to the side, reaching the other arm holding the dumbell toward the sky.
- Rotate back to the center and repeat on the other side.
Form tips
- Keep a posterior Pelvic tilt and do not let your back arch during the rotation.
- Move with control to maintain balance with the added weight.
Logging: Weight used on one side. Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Spine
- Rotator cuff
- Serratus anterior
- Glutes
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Neck
- Abs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Serratus anterior
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Quadratus lumborum
- Spinalis thoracis
- Longissimus thoracis
- Iliocostalis
- Middle deltoid
- Supraspinatus
- Gluteus medius
- Gluteus minimus
Equipment
Appears in
Balance
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Regressions
T-pushup
Novice
Variations
T-pushup
Novice
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