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Horizontal Push · Beginner

Knee Push-Up

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

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How to do the Knee 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 horizontal adductionprimary action

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

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Triceps brachii (prime mover, low emphasis)

  • Scapula protractionsecondary action

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

  • Spine extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, low emphasis); Transverse abdominis (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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