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Muscles Used

Instructions

  • Position yourself in a normal press-up position
  • Have your hands slightly wider than shoulder width
  • Keep your legs straight and raise your gluts up like you are doing a ‘cat stretch’
  • Bend your arms and lower your body in a circular arc
  • Once your hips are low, extend your arms and push your body up
  • Your hips should be almost touching the floor, arms extended and back extended
  • Push back towards your heals raising your gluts in the air and extending your arms

Muscles involved

  • Pectoralis Major
  • Anterior Deltoid
  • Triceps Brachii
— Phil @ 1:40 pm, May 31, 2006


5 Comments »

  1. I think Phil enjoyed that movement way too much!

    Comment by Mark — May 31, 2006 @ 2:29 pm

  2. Was sore for days after that one!

    Comment by Phil — June 1, 2006 @ 2:36 pm

  3. Hahaha, yeah;) ill stick to the regular pull-up

    Comment by Didrik — August 8, 2008 @ 12:00 am

  4. That’s actually wrong form for a Hindu press-up, and more akin to a dive-bomber press-up.

    The hindu press-up differs in the following:

    1) The feet are much farther apart
    2) The arms don’t bend in the process of getting back to the starting position - After reaching the end point the body should continue in a smooth anti-clockwise motion, arms straight, back to the starting position.

    Comment by Hush — October 15, 2008 @ 10:45 am

  5. There are many variations on all press-ups and different people give them different names, you call this a dive-bomber we call it a hindu.

    Comment by Phil — November 2, 2008 @ 12:53 am

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