{
  "$schema": "https://openexercise.org/schema/v0/exercise.json",
  "aliases": [
    {
      "text": "Finger Pushup",
      "kind": "common"
    },
    {
      "text": "Finger Push-Up",
      "kind": "common"
    },
    {
      "text": "Fingertip Pushup",
      "kind": "common"
    },
    {
      "text": "Flexão de dedo",
      "kind": "regional"
    }
  ],
  "anatomy": {
    "muscles": [
      {
        "muscle": "pectoralis-major",
        "role": "prime-mover"
      },
      {
        "muscle": "triceps-brachii",
        "role": "prime-mover"
      },
      {
        "muscle": "deltoid-anterior",
        "role": "prime-mover"
      },
      {
        "muscle": "forearm-flexors",
        "role": "stabilizer"
      },
      {
        "muscle": "hand-intrinsics",
        "role": "stabilizer"
      },
      {
        "muscle": "rectus-abdominis",
        "role": "stabilizer"
      },
      {
        "muscle": "serratus-anterior",
        "role": "stabilizer"
      }
    ],
    "joints": [
      {
        "joint": "glenohumeral",
        "actions": [
          "horizontal-adduction",
          "flexion"
        ]
      },
      {
        "joint": "elbow",
        "actions": [
          "extension"
        ]
      },
      {
        "joint": "scapulothoracic",
        "actions": [
          "protraction",
          "retraction"
        ]
      },
      {
        "joint": "fingers",
        "actions": [
          "isometric-stabilization"
        ]
      },
      {
        "joint": "wrist",
        "actions": [
          "isometric-stabilization"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "classification": {
    "modalities": [
      "calisthenics",
      "strength"
    ],
    "movement_patterns": [
      "horizontal-push"
    ],
    "mechanics": "compound",
    "force": "push",
    "kinetic_chain": "closed",
    "laterality": "bilateral",
    "planes": [
      "sagittal",
      "transverse"
    ],
    "contraction": [
      "dynamic"
    ],
    "level": "advanced"
  },
  "equipment": {
    "optional": [
      "mat"
    ],
    "required": []
  },
  "external_ids": {
    "wger": "1217"
  },
  "id": "oec:fingertip-push-up",
  "instructions": {
    "setup": [
      "Assume a standard high plank position with feet hip-width apart and your body in a rigid, straight line.",
      "Lift your palms off the floor, distributing your upper-body weight across all ten fingertips and thumbs.",
      "Spread your fingers wide in an arched claw position, ensuring the finger joints are firm and not hyperextending."
    ],
    "steps": [
      "Lower your chest toward the floor by bending the elbows backward at roughly a 45-degree angle to your torso.",
      "Descend until your chest hovers just above the ground while keeping the fingers rigid and arched.",
      "Press through your fingertips and straighten your arms to return to the starting plank position.",
      "Lock out the elbows and fully protract the shoulder blades at the top before beginning the next repetition."
    ],
    "breathing": "Inhale as you lower your body toward the floor, and exhale forcefully as you press back up to the lockout.",
    "cues": [
      "Claw the floor",
      "Keep finger joints rigid",
      "Body like a plank"
    ],
    "common_faults": [
      {
        "fault": "Allowing finger joints to collapse into hyperextension under body weight.",
        "correction": "Maintain a strong dome shape with your hands and regress to kneeling fingertip holds if the fingers buckle."
      },
      {
        "fault": "Sagging at the hips or hyper-extending the lumbar spine.",
        "correction": "Brace the abdominals and squeeze the glutes to keep the entire body rigid from head to heels."
      },
      {
        "fault": "Flaring elbows directly out to the sides.",
        "correction": "Tuck elbows to roughly a 45-degree angle relative to the ribs to protect the shoulders."
      }
    ],
    "safety": {
      "precautions": [
        "Requires significant connective tissue conditioning in the hands; build up from kneeling fingertip planks before performing full repetitions."
      ],
      "spotter": "not-needed"
    }
  },
  "measurement": {
    "load": {
      "kind": "bodyweight"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "required": [
          "reps"
        ],
        "optional": [
          "rpe"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "records": {},
    "reps_counted": "total"
  },
  "name": "Fingertip Push-Up",
  "previous_ids": [
    "oec:finger-pushup"
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "generated": [
      "/name",
      "/summary",
      "/classification",
      "/anatomy",
      "/equipment",
      "/measurement",
      "/instructions",
      "/setup",
      "/relations"
    ],
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "review": {
      "status": "machine-generated",
      "model": "gemini-3.8-flash",
      "at": "2026-10-31"
    },
    "sources": [
      {
        "title": "wger: Finger Pushup",
        "url": "https://wger.de/en/exercise/1217/view-base",
        "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "type": "variation-of",
      "target": "oec:push-up"
    },
    {
      "type": "progression-of",
      "target": "oec:push-up"
    }
  ],
  "setup": {
    "position": "prone",
    "range": "full",
    "stance": {
      "kind": "parallel",
      "width": "hip"
    }
  },
  "status": "active",
  "summary": "An advanced push-up variation performed supported on the fingertips to build hand, finger, and forearm integrity alongside upper-body pressing strength."
}