Straddle Maltese Box Press

Technique

How to perform Straddle Maltese Box Press

1. Place to boxes side-by-side with a gap between them.
2. The gap should be just wide enough for your hips to fall through and narrow enough for your shoulders to rest on top of each box.
3. Place your arms straight, palms-down, supinated, on top of each box.
4. Keeping your arms straight, press through your shoulders to lift your body off the ground.
5. Press further through your shoulders and straight arms to raise your hips up over your head, maintaining your body position.
6. Straighten your legs out int a wide straddle position as soon as your hips are above the plane of the box top.
7. Once your are vertical, reverse the motion and lower your hips back down.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head, Anterior Deltoid, Serratus Anterior, Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.