Expert exercise
Straddle Maltese Box Press
Technique
How to perform Straddle Maltese Box Press
- Place two stable plyo boxes side by side with room for your body between them and support under your shoulders and arms.
- Lay your straight arms across the tops with your palms flat on the boxes.
- Press into the supports and lift your feet clear; as your hips clear the tops, straighten your knees and open your legs into a straddle.
- Keep the straddle shape and elbows straight as you press through your shoulders to bring your hips above your head.
- Continue through the supported arc toward vertical without turning it into a bent-arm press.
- Reverse the arc under control while maintaining the body shape, then repeat.
- Return your feet to the floor before releasing the supports.
Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head, Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head.
MuscleScoreRole
Calisthenics graph
Progression relationships
These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.