# Diamond Push Up

> A push-up with your hands together under your chest, which puts extra work on the triceps alongside the chest.

Page: https://fitnessie.app/exercises/diamond-push-up/
Type: Bodyweight · Push
Demo video: https://fitnessie.app/demos/diamond-push-up/6009c2d9048fe067.mp4

## How to do it

1. Get into a plank and bring your hands together under your chest, thumbs and index fingers touching in a diamond.
2. Brace your abs so your body forms one straight line from head to feet.
3. Lower with your elbows tucked close to your torso until your chest nearly touches your hands.
4. Press back up to straight arms.

## Key cues

- Thumbs and index fingers touching
- Rigid body line from head to feet
- Elbows tucked close
- Chest stops just short of your hands

## Common mistakes

- Letting your lower back sag toward the floor
- Hips and legs dropping before the chest
- Flaring the elbows out to the sides
- Holding the shoulder blades still instead of letting them move

## Muscles worked

- Primary: Triceps and chest
- Secondary: Front delts and abs

## Equipment

None.

## References

- [BarBend: Diamond Push-Up](https://barbend.com/diamond-push-up/)
- [Coach: How To Do A Diamond Push-Up](https://www.coachweb.com/bodyweight-exercises/7297/how-to-do-a-diamond-push-up)