Elbow lift - reverse push-up
Upper back Bodyweight
How to do it
- 1Start lying face‑down on the floor with legs extended and hands placed just under your shoulders.
- 2Brace your core and press through your palms to lift the upper body off the floor, keeping elbows close to your sides.
- 3Pause briefly at the top, squeezing the upper‑back muscles.
- 4Lower your body slowly back to the starting position.
- 5Perform the desired number of repetitions.
More upper back exercises
- Back leverBodyweight
- Dumbbell palm rotational bent over rowDumbbells
- Front lever repsBodyweight
- Lever one arm lateral high rowLeverage machine
- Upper back stretchBodyweight
- Standing archerBodyweight
- Chin-ups (narrow parallel grip)Bodyweight
- Kettlebell alternating rowKettlebell
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.
