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Dive push-up

A compound exercise for the chest and front delts, with help from the triceps, lower back. Equipment: no equipment.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Start in a pike, hips high.
  2. Swoop the chest forward and up
  3. Push back to the pike

Muscles worked

Equipment

None. You can do it anywhere. See more exercises by equipment.

Alternatives

Exercises that train the same main muscles. See all dive push-up alternatives.

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