Alternating Staggered Push-up
- Primary muscles
- Chest
- Secondary muscles
- Triceps, Shoulders
- Equipment
- Other
- Movement pattern
- Horizontal Push
Steps
- 1 Begin in a high plank position with your hands directly under your shoulders and your body forming a straight line from head to heels.
- 2 Move one hand slightly forward of your shoulder and the other hand slightly backward, creating a staggered hand position.
- 3 Keeping your core engaged and elbows close to your body, lower your chest towards the floor until it's just above the ground.
- 4 Push through your hands to extend your arms and return to the staggered high plank position.
- 5 Shift your hands to reverse the staggered position, so the hand that was forward is now back, and the hand that was back is now forward.
- 6 Perform another push-up with this new staggered hand placement, lowering your chest and then pushing back up.
