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You log each morning: sleep, soreness and fatigue. It scores your readiness, adjusts that day's session, and builds four-week training blocks around your sport, your position and the equipment you have.

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Can it work around an injury?

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Pike Push Up

The closer the feet come to the hands, the more vertical the press, which makes it the honest route to a handstand push-up.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All shoulders exercises

What it works

Shoulders

How to do it

1From a push-up position, walk your feet in and lift the hips high so your body forms an inverted V.
2Bend the elbows to lower the crown of your head toward the floor, then press back up.
3The closer your feet are to your hands, the more vertical and the harder it becomes.

Cues that matter

›Walk the feet in, hips high
›Lower the crown of the head to the floor
›Move the feet closer to make it harder

Watch a form guide for the pike push up ↗

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Barbell Front RaiseBarbell · Shoulders
Barbell Overhead PressBarbell · Shoulders
Behind The Neck PressBarbell · Shoulders

Get a training block built around you

PocketAthlete builds your program from your sport, your position and how recovered you actually are that morning — then adapts it as you log sessions.