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Sliding Floor Fly

Push · chest · advanced

Sliding Floor Fly — start positionStart
Sliding Floor Fly — end positionFinish
similar: Bodyweight Flyes

How to do it

In a plank with a towel or sock under each hand on a smooth floor, slide the hands apart with soft elbows until the chest nears the floor, then squeeze them back together.

Muscles worked

Primary: chest · Also works: core, front delts

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

  • Sliding out further than you can pull back, so the rep turns into a collapse
  • Bending the elbows heavily, which turns the fly into a wide push-up
  • Letting the hips drop the moment the arms spread

Variations

  • Knees-down sliding fly
  • Single-arm sliding fly

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