Strength discipline · Household
Feet-elevated push-up
Feet-elevated push-up is a strength discipline in BYOH, trained with household and building chest and arms. Its ladder runs from 1 rep at Level 1 to 95+ reps at Level 9, and Level 10 is the world record.
The ten levels
BYOH measures a discipline in ten cleared levels. Level 9 is a genuine feat; Level 10 is the standing world record, which is there to be looked at rather than reached.
Feet-elevated push-up starts at Level 1 with 1 rep. Level 5 asks for 27 reps, and Level 9 - the last level a person can train towards - 95+ reps. The largest single jump is from Level 8 to Level 9, 70 reps to 95+ reps.
| Level | Target |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 rep |
| 2 | 5 reps |
| 3 | 11 reps |
| 4 | 18 reps |
| 5 | 27 reps |
| 6 | 38 reps |
| 7 | 52 reps |
| 8 | 70 reps |
| 9 | 95+ reps |
| 10 · Legend | Provisional legend benchmark |
The record past Level 9
Feet-elevated push-up — Provisional legend benchmark.
Governed push-up records do not separate out a feet-elevated variation. This is a provisional benchmark rather than a governed record.
How it is done
- Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart while holding your torso up at arms length. Move your feet up to a box or bench. This will be your starting position.
- Next, lower yourself downward until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
- Now breathe out and press your upper body back up to the starting position while squeezing your chest.
- After a brief pause at the top contracted position, you can begin to lower yourself downward again for as many repetitions as needed.
Movement guidance and imagery from the public-domain Free Exercise DB. BYOH adds the level thresholds.
How the attempt is judged
A level only means something if two heroes clearing it have done the same thing. These are the rules BYOH counts an attempt by — they are the rules of a game, not coaching.
- What counts as one
- One repetition is chest to within a fist of the floor and arms straight again, body in one line throughout.
- The set
- One unbroken set. You may pause in the supported position for as long as you like; the set ends the moment you leave it.
- What you need
- Both feet on a stable chair or step between 40 and 50 cm high, hands about shoulder width. The supported position is the top, arms straight.
- What ends it
- A knee or hip touching the floor, or a foot coming off the chair, ends the set. Half repetitions do not count.
What it builds
Feet-elevated push-up feeds Chest and Arms in a hero’s record, working chest, shoulders, triceps.
- Pressing strength
- Pressing endurance
- Press control
- Triceps
- Shoulders
- Anterior bracing
Feet-elevated push-up is one of 32 strength disciplines. It shares its household requirement with 6 other strength disciplines. Chest is also built by push-ups, dumbbell bench press, barbell bench press and 3 more, and a broad attribute needs several of them rather than one taken far.
Quests that ask for it
- The Furnished GymDiscipline · Level 1
- Table, Chair and StairDiscipline · Level 3
- Every Room a GymDiscipline · Level 5
- Nothing But the HouseDiscipline · Level 7
- Three Ways to PressPath · Level 3
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