Clap Push-Up

Start

Finish

How to do it

Lower into a push-up, then drive up hard enough that the hands leave the floor, clap, and land with soft elbows straight back into the next rep.

Muscles worked

Primary: chest · Also works: triceps, front delts

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

• Landing on locked-out straight arms instead of absorbing with bent elbows
• Only lifting the hands an inch, which is just a fast push-up
• Continuing the set once the chest stops touching the floor

Variations

• Hands-elevated clap push-up
• Push-up with the hands leaving the floor, no clap

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Push-Up
• Decline Push-Up
• Barbell Bench Press

Take care: ABROFIT automatically removes this movement for anyone who has flagged a wrist problem. If that's you, use one of the swaps above and speak to a physio before loading it.

Related exercises

• Barbell Bench Presschest
• Dumbbell Bench Presschest
• Push-Upchest
• Machine Chest Presschest
• Incline Dumbbell Presschest
• Cable Flychest