Exercises / Intermediate
Hollow push-ups
- Triceps
- Abs
- Upper Chest
- Lower Chest
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- Level
- Intermediate
- Muscles
- 4
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
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01 / Steps
How to do it
Get into a push-up position.
Protract and depress your shoulder blades, rounding your upper back and squeezing your back muscles.
In addition, tighten your abs, glutes, and hamstrings to retrovert your pelvis and remove the lumbar curvature, this is the hollow body position.
Holding it for as long as possible, try to do push-ups, if necessary, recover the position when you extend your arms again.
02 / Muscles
Muscles worked
Triceps
Abs
Upper Chest
Lower Chest
03 / Skills
What it trains
How demanding this exercise is for each physical ability.
- Strength20
- Explosivity0
- Technique40
- Cardio0
- Mobility20
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