Hindu Push Ups | Illustrated Exercise Guide

Primary muscles: Shoulders, chest
Secondary muscles: Arms, legs, back, hips, abs
Equipment: No equipment

HINDU PUSH UPS INSTRUCTIONS

1. Start in a downward dog pose, with your hands shoulder-width apart, your body in a V shape, and your feet hip-width apart.
2. Bend your elbows and lower your chest until it’s just above the floor, going into low plank pose.
3. Straighten your arms, lift your torso and go into upward dog pose.
4. Lower your torso, lift your hips and return to downward dog pose.
5. Repeat until the set is complete.

PROPER FORM AND BREATHING PATTERN

Engage your core, relax the spine and neck, open the shoulders and keep the movement fluid and smooth. Breathe in deeply as you slowly move from downward dog to upward dog pose, keeping the elbows close to your body. Exhale as you lift the hips and return to downward dog pose.

EXERCISE BENEFITS

The hindu push up is a compound move that engages the entire body and helps to improve your fitness level. This exercise increases the flexibility of the spine, improves your cardiovascular endurance and conditions your whole body.

DEMONSTRATION

SETS AND REPS

Practice doing the downward facing dog, the low plank and the upward facing dog poses, first. Once you’re comfortable with your form, advance to hindu push ups and add 2 or 3 sets of 10 to 12 repetitions to your full body workouts.

CALORIES BURNED

To calculate the number of calories burned doing hindu push ups, enter your weight and the duration of the exercise:

RELATED UPPER BODY EXERCISES

Try these other upper body exercises to tone, tighten and sculpt your triceps, biceps, chest, upper back and shoulders:
One arm tricep push up
Bow and arrow squat pull
Concentration curl
Decline push up