Setup
Start in a standard push-up position, but place your hands together directly under your chest with your thumbs and index fingers touching to form a diamond shape. Keep your body in a straight line from head to heels with feet together or slightly apart.
How to do it
- Keep your elbows tucked close to your sides as you lower down, not flaring out wide
- Lower your chest toward your hands until your chest nearly touches the diamond
- Press through your palms to drive back up, fully extending your arms at the top
- Maintain a rigid core throughout by squeezing your abs and glutes
- Keep your head neutral by looking at the floor about a foot in front of your hands
Watch out for
- ✗Letting the elbows flare out to the sides instead of keeping them tucked, which reduces triceps engagement
- ✗Sagging the hips or piking them up high, breaking the straight body line
- ✗Not going deep enough or bouncing at the bottom instead of using controlled movement