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Hollow push-ups

  • Triceps
  • Abs
  • Upper Chest
  • Lower Chest

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Hollow push-ups
Level
Intermediate
Muscles
4
Equipment
Bodyweight

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01 / Steps

How to do it

  1. Get into a push-up position.

  2. Retract and lower your shoulder blades, rounding your upper back and squeezing your back muscles.

  3. In addition, tighten your abs, glutes, and hamstrings to retrovert your pelvis and remove the lumbar curvature, this is the hollow body position.

  4. 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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