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Push-up plus
Chest · Body weight
Target muscles
Pectorals
Also works
TricepsShoulders
How to do it
- 1Start in a high plank position with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your body in a straight line from head to heels.
- 2Lower your body towards the ground by bending your elbows, keeping them close to your sides.
- 3Once your chest is just above the ground, push through your hands to extend your arms and lift your upper body up.
- 4At the top of the movement, protract your shoulder blades by pushing your upper back towards the ceiling.
- 5Pause for a moment, then reverse the movement by retracting your shoulder blades and lowering your body back down to the starting position.
- 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits