Raised One-Legged / Leg Push Ups / Push-ups
- Get yourself in the push-up position with your hands flat on the ground just wider than shoulder width apart.
- Ensuring that there is a straight line running from your neck to your heels, lift your right leg off the ground.
- Keeping your right leg elevated, bend your elbows and lower your body towards the ground until your chest is about two inches away from the floor.
- Push your body back to the starting position and then lower your right leg to the ground.
- Repeat the motion with the left leg elevated.
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Raised one-legged / leg push ups / push-ups is a at-home work out exercise that targets chest and also involves glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Smith machine bench chest press, incline dumbbell bench chest press and dynamic clap push-ups / pushups are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as raised one-legged / leg push ups / push-ups. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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