Pike Push-up
Hover a highlighted muscle
PrimarySecondaryTertiary
Muscles worked
ShouldersPrimary · 100%
TricepsSecondary · 60%
Equipment
No equipment — bodyweight
How to log the weight
Bodyweight
A bodyweight movement — log added load only if you strap extra weight on.
Recovery window
~54h for the primary movers
Shoulders~54h
Triceps~54h
Programming notes
Pike Push-up is driven by the shoulders, with triceps assisting. Give the primary movers roughly 54 hours before loading them hard again. In the same session it pairs cleanly with Barbell Bench Press, whose primary movers don't overlap with anything this exercise works.
Related exercises
Full library →Shoulders & TrapsOverhead PressShoulders
1 equipmentShoulders & TrapsSeated Dumbbell PressShoulders
2 equipmentShoulders & TrapsStanding Dumbbell PressShoulders
1 equipmentShoulders & TrapsArnold PressShoulders
1 equipmentShoulders & TrapsMachine Shoulder PressShoulders
1 equipmentShoulders & TrapsPush PressShoulders
1 equipment