Modified Push-Up Low Hold

Muscles worked: Chest · Also: Triceps, Shoulders

Modified Push-Up Low Hold is a low-position hold: you lower close to the floor and hold there, keeping the body straight and the chest just off the ground.

This is an isometric strength builder — time under tension instead of repetitions. Hold only as long as you can keep a straight line and breathe steadily, then rest and repeat.

How to do it

1. Lower close to the floor into a low push-up position, chest just off the ground.
2. Keep your body straight and hold the position.
3. Breathe steadily throughout the hold.
4. Hold only as long as you can keep a straight line, then rest and repeat.
5. This is an isometric strength builder — time under tension instead of repetitions.

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