Diamond Push-ups
About this exercise
"Diamond Push-ups" targets the Apá muscle group, suitable for intermediate level. The main load falls on: Triceps. Equipment needed: Bodyweight.
Description
A bodyweight exercise for isolated triceps training. A complex variation of the usual push-ups.
Instructions
1. Take a lying position, place your hands close to each other so that your thumbs and index fingers touch, forming a "diamond".2. Keep your body straight.
3. As you inhale, lower your chest almost to your arms, with your elbows pressed against your body.
4. As you exhale, squeeze yourself back to the starting position.
Muscles worked
Primary
Secondary
Warnings
1. If you have problems with your wrists, this exercise can be painful.2. Do not spread your elbows apart.3. Do not bend in the lower back.
