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# Weighted T-pushup
> Intermediate · Dynamic · Unilateral. Strength, balance
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| **Difficulty** | Intermediate |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Video length** | 30 s |
## Technique
1. Perform a Pushup using a pair of dumbbells as parallettes under the hands.
2. 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.
3. 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
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Spine
- Rotator cuff
- Serratus anterior
- Glutes
* 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
## Regressions
Novice
## Variations
Novice
Intermediate
Novice
Novice
Intermediate
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/weighted-t-pushup-e1b5). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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