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Technique

  1. Partners set up in the Wheelbarrow squat position.
  2. The “wheelbarrow” performs a Pushup while the “gardener” performs a squat at the same time.

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Form tips

  • Both partners maintain a Hollow body.
  • The gardener keeps the arms straight throughout.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Triceps

Secondary

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

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Equipment

Exercise Partner
Exercise Partner

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Appears in

Other disciplines
Joint movements
Elbowextension
Shoulderflexion forward
trains stretches

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Regressions

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Low double pushup

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Double plank base pushup

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Double-plank flyer push-up

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Pyramid pushup

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