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Sphinx Push Up

  • Intermediate
  • Chest · Triceps

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Setup instructions

1) Get in the plank position - start on all fours and extend your legs back behind you. Lower to your forearms - you should be in the low plank.

Perform instructions

1) 'Push up' using your triceps (think as if you're pushing the ground away) until you're in a plank.

2) Pause for a second at the top. Now, slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position.

3) Repeat.

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