Negative Push-up
Description
This exercise involves starting in a plank position and slowly lowering your body down to the ground, using only your upper body strength. It is a challenging variation of a push-up that targets the chest, shoulders, and triceps.
Muscle Group
Equipment Required
Negative Push-up Instructions
- Start in a plank position with your hands shoulder-width apart and your feet hip-width apart.
- Lower your body down towards the ground, keeping your elbows close to your body.
- Stop when your chest is just above the ground.
- Push yourself back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Negative Push-up Form & Visual
Negative Push-up Benefits
- Strengthens the chest, shoulders, and triceps
- Improves core stability and balance
- Can be done anywhere without equipment
- Helps to build upper body strength for more advanced exercises
- Can be modified to increase or decrease difficulty
Negative Push-up Muscles Worked
- Chest muscles (pectoralis major and minor)
- Shoulder muscles (anterior deltoids)
- Triceps brachii
- Abdominal muscles (rectus abdominis and obliques)
- Lower back muscles (erector spinae)
Negative Push-up Variations & Alternatives
- Assisted push-up with resistance bands
- Decline push-up
- Close-grip push-up
- Spiderman push-up
- One-arm push-up
- Explosive push-up
- Clap push-up
- Staggered push-up
- Wide-grip push-up
