Chest · Bodyweight
Child Pose Push-up
How to do the child pose push-up, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Start in a push-up position, then push your hips back and sink into a child's pose with your arms extended in front and chest toward the floor. Press your chest forward and back up into the top of a push-up, then return to the child's pose to flow between the two positions.
- 1A stretch through your lats and shoulders in the child's pose
- 2Your chest, shoulders, and triceps pressing you forward
- 3Your core staying engaged as you flow between positions
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips sag as you press forward
- Flaring your elbows out wide on the press
- Rushing the flow instead of controlling each position
Muscles worked
The child pose push-up mainly works the mid chest, with the triceps, upper chest, lower chest, front delts, lats, and upper abs assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- LatsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.