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Archer Push-Up

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A steady strength rep: set high plank — archer position, then lower toward one hand, and control the return to start.

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Exercise Execution (5 steps)

Setup
Start
Execution
Goal
Return
Muscle targetas performed — open Program to explore
Deltoid (Anterior)Prime
Triceps BrachiiPrime
Anconeus2nd
Coracobrachialis2nd
External Oblique2nd
Iliocostalis2nd
Internal Oblique2nd
Intertransversarii2nd
Latissimus Dorsi2nd
Longissimus2nd
Multifidus2nd
Pectoralis Major (Clavicular)2nd
Pectoralis Minor2nd
Quadratus Lumborum2nd
Rotatores2nd
Semispinalis Thoracis2nd
Serratus Anterior2nd
Stabilizers — held, not moved
Adductor MagnusBiceps BrachiiBiceps Femoris (Long Head)BrachialisBrachioradialisDeltoid (Middle)Deltoid (Posterior)Dorsal Interossei (Hand)Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis (Hand)Flexor Digitorum ProfundusFlexor Digitorum SuperficialisGluteus MaximusInfraspinatusInterspinalesLumbricals (Hand)Palmar InterosseiPronator TeresRectus FemorisRhomboid MajorRhomboid MinorSemimembranosusSemitendinosusSpinalisSubscapularisSupraspinatusTeres MinorTransversus AbdominisTrapezius (Lower)Trapezius (Middle)Vastus IntermediusVastus LateralisVastus Medialis

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Joint Actions

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