Exercise Guide
Typewriter Push-up
A wide push-up where you lower to one side, slide across to the other while staying low, and press up. Long time under tension and a serious stretch.
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Form
Start
Mid
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Illustrations by Bryl Lim for Workout Guide, after Everkinetic. Used unchanged under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Details
Primary Muscle
Chest
Equipment
Bodyweight
Difficulty
Advanced
Category
Strength
Force
Push
Mechanic
Compound
Secondary Muscles
TricepsShouldersCore
How to Perform
- 1
Set up in a push-up position with your hands much wider than your shoulders.
- 2
Lower toward your left hand, keeping the right arm straight.
- 3
Staying low, shift your weight across to the right hand while the left arm straightens.
- 4
Press up from the right side and repeat in the other direction.
Tips
- ★Stay down through the slide - popping up mid-way is where the difficulty goes.
- ★Build up with archer push-ups first.