Aztec Push-up

How to do it

Start in a push-up position and lower your chest toward the floor. Explode up off both hands and feet at once, snapping your hands toward your toes in mid-air, then land back in the push-up position and immediately absorb into the next rep. This is an advanced plyometric push-up.

1. 1Chest, shoulders, and triceps exploding off the floor
2. 2Abs snapping the hips and hands toward each other in the air
3. 3Core absorbing the landing back into the push-up

Common mistakes

• ×Letting your hips sag or head crane forward
• ×Attempting it without a powerful explosive push-up first
• ×Crashing the landing instead of absorbing through your arms

Muscles worked

The aztec push-up mainly works the mid chest, triceps, and front delts, with the upper chest, lower chest, lower abs, hip flexors, forearms, upper abs, and obliques assisting.

• Mid ChestPrimary
• TricepsPrimary
• Front DeltsPrimary
• Upper ChestSupport
• Lower ChestSupport
• Lower AbsSupport
• Hip FlexorsSupport
• ForearmsSupport
• Upper AbsSupport
• ObliquesSupport
• QuadsMinor
• GlutesMinor
• HamstringsMinor
• CalvesMinor
• Side DeltsMinor