Raise Single Leg Push-up

Muscles involved

ChestTriceps

If you are looking for a demanding challenge using just your bodyweight, the raise single leg push-up is an extraordinary movement to elevate your upper body training. By lifting one leg off the ground during the pressing motion, you force your chest and triceps to handle significantly more demand while driving your torso upward. This exercise fits best right in the main strength block of your upper body session when heavy equipment is unavailable, or as a brutal finisher at the very end to completely exhaust remaining muscle fibers. Using it as a warmup might prematurely fatigue your pushing muscles, so saving it for your core work or session closure guarantees maximum impact. You will build intense tension across your chest and triceps while challenging your core balance throughout the full range of motion.

Equipment required

Peso corporal

Muscles worked

MaleFemale

Pectoralis major sternal headPectoralis major clavicular headTriceps brachiiQuadricepsGluteus maximusAnterior deltoidObliques