Reverse Push Up

The reverse push up is performed face up rather than face down, with the hands on the floor behind you and the heels raised on a bench. Pressing the hips upward until the body forms a straight line loads the triceps hard, and the shoulders and the posterior chain work continuously to hold the position, which makes it a genuinely useful counterpart to a conventional push up rather than a novelty. Raising the feet is what makes it demanding: the higher the heels, the more of your bodyweight the arms carry. The hand position deserves attention, because pointing the fingers toward your feet keeps the shoulder in a position it can control. If you feel pinching at the front of the shoulder, turn the hands out slightly and reduce the depth rather than pushing through it.