Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / push
Plyometric push-up
Hands under shoulders, body tight, press the floor away fast.
Muscles
- Primary
- chest
- Supporting
- triceps, front delts
Mechanics
- Pattern
- power
- Equipment
- bodyweight
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Chest drives the pop while the landing returns softly to control.
- Progression
- Add height only when the landing stays quiet and stacked.
- Regression
- Use incline hands or fast regular push-ups.
Watch for
- Sagging hips
- Landing with locked elbows
Substitutions
- Deficit push-up
- Broad jump
- Push-up