Elbow Lift - Reverse Push-Up

Place your hands on the ground slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Bend your knees and position your feet flat on the ground. Engage your core and maintain a straight line from your head to your knees. Lower your body by bending your elbows and allowing them to flare out to the sides. Keep lowering until your chest is close to the ground. Push through your hands to extend your arms and raise your body back up to the starting position.

How to perform the Elbow Lift - Reverse Push-Up

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Elbow Lift - Reverse Push-Up using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your triceps.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your triceps rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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