Clock Push-Up

ChestBodyweightIntermediateCompound
Clock Push-Up — start position
Start
Clock Push-Up — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryChest
SecondaryShoulders, Triceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Move into a prone position on the floor, supporting your weight on your hands and toes.

  2. 02

    Your arms should be fully extended with the hands around shoulder width. Keep your body straight throughout the movement. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Descend by flexing at the elbow, lowering your chest toward the ground.

  4. 04

    At the bottom, reverse the motion by pushing yourself up through elbow extension as quickly as possible until you are air borne. Aim to "jump" 12-18 inches to one side.

  5. 05

    As you accelerate up, move your outside foot away from your direction of travel. Leaving the ground, shift your body about 30 degrees for the next repetition.

  6. 06

    Return to the starting position and repeat the exercise, working all the way around until you are back where you started.

In the app

Clock Push-Up needs no kit, so it appears whenever the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

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 barbell
With bodyweight
With dumbbell
With machine

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