Suspension Trainer Push-Up
A floor push-up with both feet supported in suspension trainer foot cradles.
This page is a working draft. A coach has not reviewed it, so read it as a starting point, not as checked instruction.
- Pattern
- Horizontal push
- Modality
- Strength
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Mechanic
- Unknown
- Force
- Unknown
- Laterality
- Bilateral
- Impact
- Low
- Trains where
- Gym, Home
- At home
- Yes
How to do it
Set up
- Set the foot cradles low above the floor and place one foot in each cradle.
- Place the hands on the floor under the shoulders and take a straight-arm plank.
Do the rep
- Bend the elbows and lower the chest to about a fist height above the floor.
- Press back to straight arms without letting the hips sag.
- Lower the knees to the floor before removing the feet to finish.
What counts as a rep
One rep lowers the chest to about a fist height from the floor and returns to straight arms with both feet suspended and the trunk steady.
One rep lowers the chest to about a fist height from the floor and returns to straight arms with both feet suspended and the trunk steady.
Breathing
Exhale through the effort and inhale during the controlled return.
Cues
- Keep the hips level.
- Use a steeper body angle when the reps get easy.
Common mistakes
Swinging the feet
What you seeThe foot cradles sway and the hips turn during the press.
FixPause to settle the straps and use a shorter controlled set.
Stable foot support keeps the push-up controlled.
Stop the set if
- Stop if you feel sharp pain.
- End the set if the hips sag or the feet swing.
- Lower the knees before taking the feet out of the cradles.
General educational content, not individual coaching or medical advice.
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