Explosive Push-Up
Step-by-step technique for Explosive Push-Up, an exercise for chest using bodyweight. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Get into a plank position with hands shoulder-width apart.
- Lower your chest toward the floor.
- Press up explosively so your hands leave the floor.
- Land softly and go straight into the next rep.
Coach tip: Land with slightly bent elbows to spare the joints.
Muscles worked
Primary: Chest
Secondary: Triceps, Front Delts, Transverse Abs
Explosive Push-Up is a strength exercise that loads the chest using bodyweight. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Chest
- Secondary
- Triceps, Front Delts, Transverse Abs
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Type
- Strength
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