page_title: Push-up
section_title: Planche push-ups
hierarchical_section_title: Push-up / Variations / Planche push-ups
caption_attribution_description: English: The planche is a strength gymnastics move. It can be performed of the floor, or on the rings or parallel bars. This movement is also used in hand balancing, and bodyweight strength trainees use it to improve their strength.
context_page_description: A push-up is a common calisthenics exercise beginning from the prone position. By raising and lowering the body using the arms, push-ups exercise the pectoral muscles, triceps, and anterior deltoids, with ancillary benefits to the rest of the deltoids, serratus anterior, coracobrachialis and the midsection as a whole. Push-ups are a basic exercise used in civilian athletic training or physical education and commonly in military physical training. They are also a common form of punishment used in the military, school sport, and some martial arts disciplines.
context_section_description: An extremely difficult variation is to perform a push-up using only hands, without resting the feet on the floor, i.e., starting from and returning to the planche position. These are known as "planche push-ups". To do this variation, the body's center of gravity must be kept over the hands while performing the push-up by leaning forward while the legs are elevated in the air, which requires great strength and a high level of balance. The entire body weight is lifted in this variation.
caption: Planche position
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