Shoulders · Stability Ball
Exercise Ball Pike Pushup
How to do the exercise ball pike pushup, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Stability Ball
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- VerticalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set up in a push-up position with your shins on a stability ball and hands under your shoulders. Perform a push-up, then drive your hips up toward the ceiling, rolling the ball toward your hands into a pike. Lower your hips back to a plank and repeat the press and pike.
- 1Feel your shoulders and chest work on the push-up portion
- 2Use your core to pull your hips up over your shoulders in the pike
- 3Keep your legs straight and move slowly to control the ball
Common mistakes
- Do not let your hips sag during the push-up
- Avoid bending your knees to cheat the pike
- Do not let the ball roll away from you uncontrolled
Muscles worked
The exercise ball pike pushup mainly works the lower abs and front delts, with the triceps, mid chest, upper abs, hip flexors, upper chest, and obliques assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Front DeltsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- GlutesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.