Suspended Push-Up

How to perform

1. 01Anchor your suspension straps securely to the top of a rack or other object.
2. 02Leaning into the straps, take a handle in each hand and move into a push-up plank position. You should be as close to parallel to the ground as you can manage with your arms fully extended, maintaining good posture.
3. 03Maintaining a straight, rigid torso, descend slowly by allowing the elbows to flex.
4. 04Continue until your elbows break 90 degrees, pausing before you extend to return to the starting position.

Form cues

• —Brace your core before the first rep and keep it braced.
• —Drive through the full range — do not cut the lockout short.
• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.
• —Adding weight before the movement pattern is clean.