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Push-Up

The bodyweight press — a moving plank: lower the chest to the floor and press back up without the hips sagging.

  • Category: Warm-up and main circuit
  • Type: Bodyweight horizontal press
  • Targets: Chest, front delts, triceps, trunk
  • Prescription: 3 × 815

Setup

Hands under the shoulders, legs long, toes tucked. Squeeze the glutes and brace so the body is one straight line from head to heels.

Execution

  1. Bend the elbows about 45° from the body and lower the chest toward the floor.
  2. Stop a fist's height off the ground, body still one line.
  3. Press the floor away to straight arms.

Cues

  • The plank never breaks — hips neither sag nor pike.
  • Screw the hands into the floor to keep the elbows tracking.
  • Chest leads the descent, not the chin or the hips.

Common Mistakes

  • Hips sagging into a banana shape.
  • Flaring the elbows to 90°.
  • Craning the neck at the floor.

Progression

Start from an incline (hands on a bench) if reps stall; graduate to feet elevated, then slow negatives.