Demo & instructions
Typewriter Push-Up
Also known as: Side-to-Side Push-Up, Sliding Archer Push-Up
Instructions
A very wide push-up in which you lower to one hand, glide your chest across the floor to the other hand, and press up from there. It adds time under tension to the archer push-up and works each arm through a big range.
- Movement
- Horizontal push
- Type
- Compound
- Level
- Advanced
- Typical range
- 3–10 reps
Setup
- 1Set your hands roughly twice shoulder-width apart, fingers pointing slightly outward.
- 2Assume a firm push-up position with the feet together or slightly apart.
Execution
- 1Lower your chest toward one hand, letting the other arm straighten as you go.
- 2At the bottom, slide your chest sideways just above the floor until it sits over the other hand.
- 3Press up from that side, straightening the arm you just moved toward.
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Training use
Strength
Muscle building
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