Sphinx pushups

Muscles worked: Chest
Chest
🔧 no equipment ↕ Push 🔁 reps Difficulty:

Muscle outlines from Body Muscles by Ivan Vulović, Apache 2.0 — regrouped and recoloured for Muscle Train.

How to perform

Modified plank: forearms on floor, elbows under shoulders, hips up, knees/toes down. Protract scapula, pull forearms to midsection (lat tension); squeeze glutes/quads. Core on: ribs down, pelvis tucked, chin tucked. Straighten legs to full plank (legs together/hip-width). Squeeze triceps, straighten elbows to push-up; slowly lower. Repeat.

Tips

Bottom: arms arrow (not T). Rigid spine—moving plank. Glutes squeezed, abs braced (neutral ribs). Chin down (no forward look/head jut). Push thumbs together (pec activation). Chest/nose touch together. Explode from floor; full protraction top. Full reps—no shortcuts.

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