Pike to Cobra Push-up
Description
This exercise involves starting in a pike position, then lowering down into a cobra pose, and finishing with a push-up. It targets the core, chest, and triceps muscles.
Equipment Required
Pike to Cobra Push-up Instructions
- Start in a plank position with your hands directly under your shoulders and your feet hip-width apart.
- Bring your right knee towards your left elbow, twisting your torso as you do so.
- Extend your right leg back out to plank position and immediately bring your left knee towards your right elbow, twisting your torso again.
- Extend your left leg back out to plank position and perform a push-up.
- As you push back up to plank position, lift your hips up and back into a pike position, with your hands and feet still on the ground.
- Lower your hips back down to plank position and repeat the sequence, starting with the knee-to-elbow twist.
- Continue alternating between the knee-to-elbow twist and pike position push-up for the desired number of reps or time.
Pike to Cobra Push-up Form & Visual
Pike to Cobra Push-up Benefits
- Strengthens core muscles
- Improves cardiovascular endurance
- Tones arms, shoulders, and legs
- Increases flexibility
- Helps with weight loss
- Improves balance and stability
- Can be done anywhere without equipment
Pike to Cobra Push-up Muscles Worked
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Triceps
- Core
Pike to Cobra Push-up Variations & Alternatives
- pike-to-cobra-push-up with feet on stability ball
- pike-to-cobra-push-up with hands on medicine ball
- pike-to-cobra-push-up with alternating leg lift
- pike-to-cobra-push-up with knee tuck
- pike-to-cobra-push-up with side plank rotation