Shoulder Push Up
Compound exercise · vertical push
How to do it
- Place your hands at shoulder width, lift your hips, and create an upside-down V shape.
- Lower your head toward the floor just in front of your hands while your elbows track slightly back.
- Press back up through your shoulders and keep your hips high.
Muscles involved
- shoulders
- 80
- chest
- 50
- triceps
- 50
- glutes
- 10
- calves
- 10
- hamstrings
- 10
- quadriceps
- 10
- serratus
- 10
- obliques
- 10
- forearms
- 10
- upperBack
- 10
- hip abductors
- 10
- hip flexors
- 10
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- vertical push
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Optional
- mat, flat bench, chair
- Variations
- on feet, on knees, added weight
Follow along in the app
This exercise is in both apps. Pick whichever suits you.
Trainer
Guided strength training with a 3D coach, set by set.
Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.