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Bodyweight knee push ups
Beginner10 repsNo jumping
How to do it
- Start in a push-up position, then lower your knees to the floor and cross your ankles behind you, keeping a straight line from your head to your knees.
- Lower your chest toward the floor by bending your elbows, then press back up to full arm extension.
- The shortened lever takes some of the load off, but the movement is the real thing - full range, chest all the way down, body held rigid throughout.
- Master it here and the full push-up is simply the same rep with a longer body behind it.
Exercise demonstration from Calisteniapp, used under licence.
Exercise from Darebee, used under licence.
By PaukOne. CC BY-SA 4.0, via wger.