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# Pike Pushups

## Video
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## Exercise Highlights
* Start in a downward dog position with hands slightly wider than shoulder width.
* Keep the legs tight.
* Make sure to keep your core tight so that the back doesn't arch and butt doesn't sag.
* Push forward onto your toes allowing your shoulders to be over the wrists.
* Lower down straight from the top so that at the bottom of the pike pushup, the crown of your head is between your hands or slightly in front.
* Elbow bend should be around 45-65 degrees from your body.
* Breathe for strength: Breathe in as lowering down and out as you push back to the top.
* As you go down, you'll pivot more on your tip toes.

## Common Mistakes

* Shoulders being pushed back behind the hands so that as you lower, your head is behind the hands.This limits range of motion and putts stress on the joints.
* Hands placed too wide apart and elbows going out to the sides causing pressure to the shoulders and wrists as well as lack of power.
* Sticking the head out like a turtle so your face is going towards the ground instead of keeping the neck in a neurtal position and having the crown of your head to the ground.

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