Single-Arm Push-Up

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

How to do it

  1. 01

    Begin laying prone on the ground. Move yourself into a position supporting your weight on your toes and one arm. Your working arm should be placed directly under the shoulder, fully extended. Your legs should be extended, and for this movement you may need a wider base, placing your feet further apart than in a normal push-up.

  2. 02

    Maintain good posture, and place your free hand behind your back. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Lower yourself by allowing the elbow to flex until you touch the ground.

  4. 04

    Descend slowly, and reverse direction be extending the arm to return to the starting position.

In the app

Single-Arm 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.

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