Straddle Planche Push-Up

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Technique

How to perform Straddle Planche Push-Up

1. Set your palms shoulder-width apart and enter a straddle planche with straight elbows and both feet off the floor.
2. Keep your trunk and straight spread legs approximately horizontal as you maintain the forward shoulder lean.
3. Bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the floor without letting your hips or feet drop.
4. Lower only as far as you can maintain the same unsupported body shape.
5. Press through your palms and straighten your elbows, pushing the floor away as you return to the straddle planche.
6. Repeat the controlled press, then lower your feet to finish.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Triceps Lateral Head, Triceps Long Head, Triceps Medial Head, Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head, Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head, Serratus Anterior.

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Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.