Plank to Push-Up / Pushups / Walking Plank Up-Downs
How to Do Plank to Push-Up / Pushups / Walking Plank Up-Downs
- Start in the plank position with your elbows shoulder-width apart.
- Press yourself up from the floor one arm at a time into a push-up, maintaining your body in a straight line.
- Slowly return to the starting plank position the same way, one arm at a time.
- Repeat the movement alternating sides.
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Plank to Push-Up / Pushups / Walking Plank Up-Downs Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Plank to Push-Up / Pushups / Walking Plank Up-Downs targets abs and shoulders. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
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