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Tyson Push-Up

oec:tyson-push-up

A dynamic push-up variation performed with the feet braced flat against a wall, rocking back into a crouch between presses.

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Also called: Mike Tyson Push-Up, Tyson Pushup, Tyson push-ups

How to do it

Setup

  1. Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the floor with your fingers facing forward.
  2. Set the soles of both feet flat against a sturdy wall with your toes near the floor and your knees bent hovering just above the ground in a loaded quadruped position.
  3. Brace your core and squeeze your glutes so your spine remains in a rigid neutral alignment.

Movement

  1. Drive through your feet and extend your knees, shifting your torso forward into a standard push-up plank position over your hands.
  2. Bend your elbows to lower your chest toward the floor until your upper arms are roughly parallel to the ground.
  3. Press the floor away to extend your arms back to the top of the push-up.
  4. Immediately push your hips straight back toward the wall, bending your knees to return to the crouched hover position with your knees staying close to the floor.

Breathing

Inhale as you shift forward and lower toward the floor, and exhale forcefully as you press up and drive back into the crouch.

Cues

  • Keep knees skimming the floor
  • Push hard through the wall
  • Lock the core like a plank

Common faults

Piking hips high in the air during the crouch.
Keep the knees low to the floor so the movement stays horizontal rather than turning into a pike push-up.
Feet slipping off the wall.
Maintain firm, continuous backward pressure into the wall with the soles of your feet throughout every rep.
Sagging the lower back during the push-up phase.
Engage the abdominals and avoid hyperextending the lumbar spine as you transition forward.

Safety

  • Ensure the wall and floor provide adequate traction so footwear does not slip.

Muscles

  • Pectoralis major, sternal head prime mover
  • Triceps brachii prime mover
  • Front deltoid prime mover
  • Quadriceps synergist
  • Serratus anterior synergist
  • Rectus abdominis stabilizer

Joints

  • Shoulder: Horizontal adduction, Flexion, Extension
  • Elbow: Flexion, Extension
  • Knee: Flexion, Extension
  • Hip: Flexion, Extension
  • Shoulder blade: Protraction, Retraction
  • Lumbar spine: Isometric stabilization

Details

Movement
Horizontal push, Anti-extension
Modality
Calisthenics, Strength, Conditioning
Mechanics
compound
Force
push
Laterality
bilateral
Kinetic chain
closed
Level
intermediate
Equipment
Wall
Record
Repetitions
Load
bodyweight, not applicable

Sources

This record: CC-BY-SA-4.0.

Data

tyson-push-up.json