Chest · Bodyweight
Modified Hindu Push-up
How to do the modified hindu 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 downward-dog pike with hips high. Swoop your chest down and forward toward the floor, then press your chest up and hips down into a low cobra. Reverse the path back to the pike. Drop to your knees as needed to scale it.
- 1Feel a stretch through your shoulders and chest on the swoop down
- 2Press your chest forward and hips down at the bottom of the arc
- 3Feel your triceps and shoulders guide the motion back to the pike
Common mistakes
- Don't let your hips collapse flat onto the floor
- Avoid rushing; keep the motion fluid and controlled
- Don't strain your neck; let your gaze follow the arc
Muscles worked
The modified hindu push-up mainly works the mid chest, with the triceps, upper chest, lower chest, upper abs, and front delts assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.