Diamond push-up

Bodyweight

Also called diamond pushup, triangle push-up

Place your hands together under the chest with thumbs and index fingers touching to form a diamond. Lower the chest toward the hands, then press up.

Movement

Main movers get full credit for a set, helpers half.

Upper body

Scores 1-5 averaged over sources. Tap a rating for the claims behind it. Claims are our summaries of the linked sources, fact-checked by AI.

Muscle growth higher is better3.5
Very good; among the better picks for the muscle. 2 sources.
- 3/5 Harder than they look and good as a high-rep finisher, though worse than close-grip bench for overload. B tier. Jeff Nippard, The Best & Worst TRICEPS Exercises (Ranked Using Science) @ 13:09videoExpert opinion2024checked by AI
- 4/5 Triangle push-ups best activated the medial head in an EMG study and are easier on shoulders than bench dips; used as a finisher. Jeremy Ethier, The Best Science-Based Tricep Workout | ARMS (Part 2/2) @ 4:32videoStudy2017checked by AI