Full Planche Push-Up

Assume a push-up position on the ground with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Extend your legs straight out behind you, with your weight resting on your toes. Keeping your body straight and tight, lower yourself down until your chest is just above the ground. Push yourself back up to the starting position while keeping your elbows close to your body and ensuring a straight line from head to toe.

How to perform the Full Planche Push-Up

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Full Planche 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 rhomboids.
  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 rhomboids 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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