How To Do A ONE ARM PUSHUP in Minutes! – ATHLEAN-X™

by YouTube Team

From the time I was a kid watching Sylvester Stallone tear up the big screen in Rocky and Rambo…I knew I wanted to build a muscular physique and do a one arm pushup. I just didn’t know how I was going to get there. Through all the tips and tricks for building muscle that I learned from working with top professional athletes, I finally learned how to quickly and easily accomplish this.

The one arm pushup is one of the greatest feats of strength, and also one of the greatest exercises for building overall upper body strength. You can build massive arms, chest, and shoulders by doing this incredible exercise.

Let me show you in this video the easiest way you can start doing this exercise today, so that you can finally build up to being able to do this with your own bodyweight.

When you’re done watching this, head over to to get your complete system today for building what I like to call the “ATHLEAN” physique. Get ripped, build athletic muscle, and get the kind of body you see on the cover of the magazines and on the television every day.

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41 comments

dilan pittar March 2, 2013 - 9:53 pm

NOT EVERYBODY HAS A FUCKING GYM IN THEIR HOUSE

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Aussie Manny March 4, 2013 - 12:55 am

Mr Obama! That is not appropriate language!

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Michael Nguyen March 18, 2013 - 12:32 am

when people can't do this its usually not because they have weak triceps or a weak core, its because they weigh too much. I guarantee if some of you guys shed off that useless bodyfat, it would help alot.

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derek March 26, 2013 - 11:45 pm

Was only looking for placement because I fall over every time.

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Aldo Santin April 2, 2013 - 12:58 am

You can do modified one armed push ups( like the mod push ups except with one arm) and it turns out to be quite a workout.

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ScienceWinsEveryTime April 29, 2013 - 6:32 am

You don't need a strap. There's no shame in starting out on your knees with these bad boys. Also, for balance: twist your torso in towards your working arm a bit as you go down. Trying to keep yourself perfectly flat will topple you every time until you get good at it.

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James Catling June 15, 2013 - 10:49 am

Surely this system could be modified for someone starting two armed push-ups possibly around the chest. Maybe around the neck if your Michael Hutchence

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chilljlt June 17, 2013 - 10:54 am

hahaha , i couldn't have phrased a more sensible retort. Very articulate. hahaha . Thumbs up

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Christopher Rivera July 30, 2013 - 4:20 am

So after going to starbucks and having a medium coffee, I couldn't sleep until 9am, I wake up 40 minutes later and decide to do one arm pushups… and bam I pop out 3 per arm and I wasn't even going to the gym as often anymore let alone bodyweight exercise XD.

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FuckYourMother August 26, 2013 - 5:43 am

This should be easy for those skinny fucks who don't do anything but gain muscle by whacking a fat one off at night to youtube videos.

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Jon Snow March 16, 2014 - 4:56 am

Real one arm push ups are ball busters and require months of preparation for a person who is very fit. You have straight body, straight legs and hand placed on the middle. This is one of the cheaters type. 

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abscrete August 27, 2014 - 1:54 pm

other approach is to start doing oapus on your knees just like weak guys and females does with regular pushups to get some weight off then do the oapu with out any assistance this helps to hit the lats and core harder that is a big part of why you cant perform them, because you need tons of strength there to stabilize and prevent core rotation and end up with your face on the ground lol, then you can start building up by grabbing a small weight close to your chest with the free hand and build little by little 😛

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agung angga May 13, 2016 - 10:56 am

Guys I can do 50 push ups in a row but why can't I do a 1 arm push ups, I can't even do 1

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Grouperhunter January 20, 2017 - 7:58 am

Good instructional video.Try doing one hand pushups all the way down with both feet together for a much more challenging version of this exercise.

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Miguel Manuel May 30, 2017 - 12:35 pm

Having the capability of doing more reps of the classic, diamond, and wide push ups continuously would lead to muscle endurance. Would performing more difficult push up variations with less reps; however, are to failure benefit me more gains? Which one is better. Classic push up variations with high reps to failure or more difficult low reps variation to failure? I can do a lot of reps with my pull ups and push ups but I'm still skinny.

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目标200斤 November 14, 2017 - 8:37 pm

your lower part of the chests have shrunk quite a lot during the years……

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Smarthd November 16, 2017 - 11:32 pm

I can do that and i am 14 i can do 3 reps

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Parth Dhadhal November 22, 2017 - 7:01 am

I think im late, its 22 November 2017

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Nazmul Haque Nishan January 15, 2018 - 2:14 pm

Can u please reply this comment?? — I cant do a one arm push up even with that rubber strap … i can do 40-45 push ups with both hands , but cant even hold the single hand stand . can u come up with a remedy?

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Gabriel Diaz July 27, 2018 - 9:05 pm

0:34 This whole part should be a meme, like the Scarce one.

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SweatShirt Guy January 15, 2019 - 2:34 am

I woke up being able to arm arm pushups

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milanista181 April 27, 2019 - 3:17 pm

Started from here .. to be the best youtube fitness channel of our era

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21_B14_17 Dhruv Upreti September 23, 2019 - 4:33 pm

U have every video we'll ever require

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Ayan K March 12, 2020 - 11:05 pm

Here in a whole other decade . 😂

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dude March 16, 2020 - 10:34 am

Who's watching during corona hit?

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Abdul Rahim. A March 21, 2020 - 12:26 pm

I have a doubt sir
When i do one arm pushup my elbow fares out
And when i keep it close my one leg are spread more
Which one is correct form

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joseph lai March 22, 2020 - 2:35 am

2020

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SipanAMV March 26, 2020 - 2:41 am

2020?

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Mario 14 April 20, 2020 - 5:15 pm

2020?

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Dreamer May 26, 2020 - 1:44 pm

Man, I had no idea that you have been doing this for over a decade.

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Top Games June 3, 2020 - 9:55 pm

Who watching in 2020?

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Bakchodi gaming June 20, 2020 - 10:45 am

Kon kon ye video 2020 me dekhra at covid 19 corona virus

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Manny Izquierdo July 30, 2020 - 8:57 pm

Who here from a decade later

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Wizard Rasputin October 1, 2020 - 12:32 pm

I learned by doing elevated one arm pushups on a bench . Could do 8 each side before I started trying on the flat and found I could do a few then

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Emmanuel November 26, 2020 - 5:23 pm

Please can you make an updated video for the one hand push up. Maybe with new information and technic. Thank you

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Abdul Vahid December 18, 2020 - 7:49 am

I'm late, 18 Dec 2020

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i.nnocuouss April 24, 2021 - 6:50 am

2021 wya?

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Ali D Luffy May 15, 2021 - 6:11 pm

yo

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Ashish Gajbhiv September 13, 2021 - 2:06 pm

11 years old video, so useful for me.
You look same after 11 years.
👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

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