Description
The clap push-up is an explosive upper body movement that builds power and fast-twitch muscle strength. It adds a plyometric challenge to the traditional push-up by requiring the hands to leave the ground mid-rep.
- Start in a strong push-up position with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width and core engaged
- Lower your body explosively and push off the ground with enough force to lift your hands.
- Quickly clap your hands together at chest level before returning them to the floor.
- Land with soft elbows to absorb the impact and immediately move into the next rep
Muscles
Primary muscles
- Chest (pectoralis major)
Secondary muscles
- Front deltoid
- Abs (rectus abdominis)
- Triceps
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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: wger.de, Settebello, jptjptjptjpt). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).