Triple-stop Push-up
- Primary muscles
- Chest
- Secondary muscles
- Triceps, Shoulders
- Equipment
- Other
- Movement pattern
- Horizontal Push
Steps
- 1 Begin in a standard push-up position with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your body forming a straight line from head to heels.
- 2 Lower your chest about one-third of the way down towards the floor, pausing briefly at this first stop.
- 3 Continue lowering your chest another third of the way down, pausing again at this second stop.
- 4 Lower your chest almost to the floor, making sure your body remains straight, and pause for a third time.
- 5 Push through your hands and chest to extend your arms and return your body to the starting push-up position.