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Pike Push-Up

shoulders · triceps

bodyweight · intermediate

How to do it

  1. 1From a push-up position, walk your feet in so your hips are high.
  2. 2Lower the top of your head toward the floor, then press back up.

What to think about

  • The more vertical your torso, the harder it gets.

What usually goes wrong

  • Letting the hips drop into a normal push-up.

Worth knowing

  • Most of your weight goes through the shoulders and head end. Come down slowly and stop short if your neck is taking it.

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Instead of this

Standing Barbell Overhead PressThe same movement, at the same level.Seated Dumbbell Shoulder PressThe same movement, a step easier while you build the pattern.

What the cautions rest on

The safety points above come from these, not from house opinion.

Every claim RORR makes, with its references

Who checked this

Nobody qualified has. These are standard coaching points and ordinary gym safety, written down: how to set the thing up, what to control, and when to stop a set. They are not a clinical opinion and no physiotherapist or strength coach has read them back. If they disagree with somebody who can actually see you lift, believe that person.