Fix Your Pike Push-Up

[@tomsaint786]

That Eugene teo ? Sounds like him

[@darksoul7345]

Yep it's him

[@hessiankyojin]

Both live in AU and recently did a collab, where they try each other's workouts. Was fun.

[@tmxss_2263]

That haircut really suits you

[@YoungMan2703]

What a great difference in explanation, thank you❤

[@XHAIL_GAMING]

You’re the best calisthenics teacher bro using your tips from 2020 you changed my life thank you for everything MrMainFAQ❤️💪🏻

[@gnicevids]

This guy is awesome

[@peagsusphoenix6152]

The fact it came straight after I completed an elevated version of the pike push ups

[@ScrubDaddy265]

The fun thing is that Eugene is very strong, but that’s a half rep exercise. If he elevated his hands and feet, then it would be Full ROM and much harder.😊

[@mcmuinorac5848]

It wouldn't be full ROM. It would be higher weight percentage. Full ROM would be on paralletes, so that the _range_ would extend from the head to the shoulders.

[@Xkdnenwnen99.w]

Sehr shones video wollte mit weighted anfangen

[@gamester6506]

How far should the distance between legs and hand be

[@Daniyal-BlockmanGo]

Depends on intensity.
The closer the hands and the legs would be the harder it will get. And further the leg, easier the exercise gets

[@thatoneguitarguy3790]

​@@Daniyal-BlockmanGothanks!

[@Daniyal-BlockmanGo]

@@thatoneguitarguy3790 you can also elevate your legs to transition one step further like putting them on a bed and you hands on the groung so now your legs are way higher than the ground level you can also increase the intensity. If you keep focusing on progressive overload like this you will surely make it to the handstand pushups.

[@Amit2204K]

Bro tell us something for uneven shoulder and chest

[@ZaneBlacquier]

I find alot of tightness in my hips and legs while in this, am I getting into the position wrong?

[@Ahmathxeditx]

So you don't have to lock the knees ?

[@annasayaz3141]

The correct way is that. If you can't lock them, could be because of hamstring flexibility. Doing Hamstring flexibility exercises and a warmup of hamstring stretching before doing pike pushups helps too.

[@Ahmathxeditx]

@annasayaz3141 so thats why my hamstring always tightens up whenever i go up on pike push up

[@Ahmathxeditx]

But sometime my whole leg could tighten up too

[@annasayaz3141]

@@Ahmathxeditx you might be flexing your quads too hard?

[@akul_cicajlkrb]

Great exercise when you don't have excess to the gym, but if you have overhead press (military press) is by far superior imo

[@William1683BT]

Well I think deficit wall hspus are superior to overhead press, mainly cause its the same movement pattern but you can do it anywhere and it has carry over to ohp.

[@KingSB187]

Well I think 1 arm handstand pushups are superior to deficit wall hspus

[@James-sw9vm]

@@KingSB187 I prefer to do explosive 1 arm handstand pushups with a clap between each rep. Keeps me from plateauing

[@mohammadalvee8411]

Well the far superior one is 1 finger handstand pushup

[@HermitianAdjoint]

@@mohammadalvee8411 Balancing on the nail, I presume?

[@gabelbrucken]

I heard that the original pike pu would made by feet FLAT to the ground...

[@Enn.Vee_Nkocee]

I accidentally transitioned into a handstand on my way down. Without body control, i probably would've fell over.

[@_Renjuu_]

Bro trying to flex on yt comments 😂

[@boxerfencer]

Those destroyed my rotator cuff.
Edit: i personally think the issue is the direction of gravity causes a degree of sheering, that forces a certain percentage of bodyweight load on the internal rotators. These are weak and not made to handle bodyweight type loads.

[@rubenhdt]

These are fine, at least for me maybe you weren't ready for it yet strength wise?

[@urvilpanchal2893]

What about hand placement, core engagement and all other things

[@gregtracy9322]

Elbow position is more important.

[@penumbramine]

just think keeping your torso as close to your knees as you can and pressing up, not back. im gonna disagree with the other reply. elbow position changes muscle bias but isnt a make or break. youll feel the difference with different elbow positions and hand widths.

[@urvilpanchal2893]

@@penumbramine some says hand placement should be shoulder wise, some says narrow, some says little wider than shoulder

[@lil_shrimp6404]

Pull your legs in with your abdomen and lock your core when you're ready to start

[@nemesyssss]

hollow body tension, shoulder width or slightly wider, can be even a bit wider to make it easier but won't bias the same muscles, nothing else to talk about really, the most important thing is keeping the weight on your hands and not your feet

[@chandlereaves6573]

No