Push-ups
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Body-weight pressing exercise for the chest, triceps and anterior deltoid; an example of shoulder-joint extension.
Detail
Push-ups are listed (with dips) as the example exercise for shoulder-joint extension (extending the humerus, drawing the arm downward to the side). A body-weight pressing movement working the pectoralis major, triceps and anterior deltoid.
Key facts
- Primary: Pectoralis Major; Secondary: Triceps, Anterior Deltoid.
- Example exercise for shoulder-joint extension.
Connections
- Pectoralis Major — primary mover.
- Triceps Brachii / Anterior Deltoid — secondary.
- Extension — the shoulder-joint exception (extension = return from flexion) this is the example exercise for.
- Dips — companion shoulder-extension exercise.
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