Cobra Push-up

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Targets: Middle chest

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Do push-ups in a cobra position

How to Cobra Push-up

Starting Position

Place your hands under your shoulders while lying face down.

Proper Form

1. Lie face down on the floor with your hands under your shoulders.

2. Extend your arms and lift your upper body.

3. Slowly return to the original position.

Breathing Technique

Inhale when lowering your arms, and exhale when pushing your body up.

Precautions

Be careful not to strain your shoulders.

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Cobra Push-up

About

How to Cobra Push-up

Starting Position

Proper Form

Breathing Technique

Precautions

From the Community

Cobra Push-up Related Reading

Dynamic stretching belongs in your warm-up, static stretching after — what 35 studies found

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Lower back pain after a deadlift: when it's normal soreness — and when it's an emergency

Time under tension does matter — just not the way you think

Sauna after your workout, not before — it cut systolic blood pressure 8.0 mmHg in a 2022 RCT

Squat vs. leg press: the muscle gains are the same when volume matches, per a 2025 RCT of 70 women

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