How to Do Diamond Push Up

Form Cues

1. 1

   Hands close together forming a diamond shape under the chest

2. 2

   Keep elbows tucked throughout

3. 3

   Keep the body in a rigid straight line from head to heels, same as a standard push up

4. 4

   Lower until your chest nearly touches your hands, then press back to full extension

Common Mistakes

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  Flaring elbows out defeats the tricep focus — keep elbows tracking back alongside the torso

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  Sagging the hips as the movement gets harder toward the end of a set

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  Attempting this before standard push ups are solid — it's meaningfully harder on the wrists and triceps