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Horizontal Push · Intermediate

Hindu Push-Up

Compound horizontal push exercise using bodyweight.
Movement pattern
Horizontal Push
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Bodyweight
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Hindu Push-Up

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder flexionprimary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Pectoralis major (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Medial deltoid (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, high emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Multifidus (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Shoulder horizontal adductionsecondary action

    Pectoralis major (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula upward rotationsecondary action

    Serratus anterior (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis)

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