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Horizontal Push · Advanced

One-Arm Push-Up

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

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How to do the One-Arm 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, moderate emphasis); Anterior deltoid (synergist, high emphasis); Pectoralis minor (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

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

  • Scapula protractionsecondary action

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

  • Spine rotationsecondary action · resisted

    External oblique (stabilizer, high emphasis); Internal oblique (stabilizer, high emphasis); Transverse abdominis (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, high emphasis); Transverse abdominis (stabilizer, high emphasis); External oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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