Feet-elevated Side-to-Side Push-up
- Primary muscles
- Chest
- Secondary muscles
- Triceps, Shoulders, Obliques
- Equipment
- Other
- Movement pattern
- Horizontal Push
Steps
- 1 Begin in a push-up position with your feet elevated on a sturdy surface, hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart on the floor.
- 2 Keep your body in a straight line from head to heels, engaging your core and glutes.
- 3 Shift your weight to one side, moving your torso over the hand on that side.
- 4 Bend the elbow of the side you shifted towards, lowering your chest towards the floor while keeping the other arm relatively straight.
- 5 Push back up from that side, extending your arm to return to the elevated plank position.
- 6 Immediately shift your weight to the opposite side, moving your torso over the other hand.
- 7 Bend the elbow of this side, lowering your chest towards the floor.
- 8 Push back up, extending your arm to return to the elevated plank position, completing one repetition.
