Hover Push Up

Muscles worked: Chest · Also: Triceps, Shoulders

Hover Push Up is a push-up hold: you lower partway and hold the position, hovering above the floor, rather than pressing up and down for reps.

Lower to roughly halfway, hold a straight body line, and breathe normally while you hold. The hold should challenge your chest and core without your hips sagging — come down to your knees the moment the line breaks.

How to do it

1. Start in a plank, then lower partway and hold, hovering above the floor.
2. Lower to roughly halfway and hold a straight body line.
3. Breathe normally while you hold.
4. Come down to your knees the moment your hips sag or the line breaks.

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General fitness information only, not medical advice. Stop if an exercise causes pain, and talk to a doctor before starting a new workout routine if you have a health condition.