Shoulders · Bodyweight
Ring Elevated Pike Push-up From Deficit
How to do the ring elevated pike push-up from deficit, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- VerticalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set your feet on rings and your hands on raised blocks, then pike your hips high so your torso is near vertical in a deficit. Lower your head between your hands by bending the elbows, sinking past hand level, then press explosively back up.
- 1Feel your shoulders and triceps drive the press from the deep stretch
- 2Keep your hips piked high and core tight throughout
- 3Press straight through the palms back to a tall finish
Common mistakes
- Avoid flaring the elbows wide out to the sides
- Do not let the hips drop out of the piked position
- Avoid losing control of the rings; keep the feet steady
Muscles worked
The ring elevated pike push-up from deficit mainly works the front delts, triceps, and side delts, with the forearms, upper chest, upper traps, upper abs, and lower abs assisting.
- Front DeltsPrimary
- TricepsPrimary
- Side DeltsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- GlutesMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.