Butt-Ups

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Butt-Ups — start position
Start
Butt-Ups — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryAbs

How to do it

  1. 01

    Begin a pushup position but with your elbows on the ground and resting on your forearms. Your arms should be bent at a 90 degree angle.

  2. 02

    Arch your back slightly out rather than keeping your back completely straight.

  3. 03

    Raise your glutes toward the ceiling, squeezing your abs tightly to close the distance between your ribcage and hips. The end result will be that you'll end up in a high bridge position. Exhale as you perform this portion of the movement.

  4. 04

    Lower back down slowly to your starting position as you breathe in. Tip: Don't let your back sag downwards.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Butt-Ups needs no kit, so it appears whenever the day's window has room for it. Its minutes come from Rule 2 (Sessions are built to fit, never guaranteed, graded product): the window sets how long it runs, never the other way round.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

Same pattern, with kit

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With other
With bodyweight
With machine
With cable

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