T- Stand Push Up
Sure, it’s called a “Push Up” so, of course, you have to use your pecs and triceps (and shoulder girdle stabilizers and a whole bunch of muscles you’ve probably have never heard of – hey, no offense), but it’s more of a core exercise.
As always, here’s an exercise that works your core while working another so-called major muscle group.
(What exactly constitutes a “major” muscle – and who says so? Hmmm.)
We’ll start with a push up. Remember to keep your body in a straight line from your ankles through your hips through your ears. Too many people let their abs go slack and drop their hips when they do push ups. One of the main functions of your abs is to help you maintain a neutral spine. (Abs don’t “crunch!”)
As you come to the up position in your push up, rotate your body as a unit so that you end up in a Side Plank position. In other words, maintain the same relationship between your rib cage and your pelvis as you turn your body. In other other words 
don’t turn your hips and then your shoulders (or vice versa).
Again, the function of your abs is to control the relationship between your rib cage and your pelvis. (Abs don’t crunch! Oh, yeah – I already said that).
This is truly a “core exercise” as opposed to the standard, pretender core exercises that actually focus on the rectus abdominis (the greatly overrated “six-pack” muscle).
Do as many reps as you can do with impeccable form. If you can handle more than about 90 seconds of work, you’re ready for a more challenging exercise.
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I’ll start doing this one. There are many good combination exercises, such as the burpie (squat thrust followed by star jump) but I have not come across this before. Good combination of a yoga asana and the solid military press up. Good work !
Nice. I just learned a very similar variation called the cross-diagonal toe touch push up (what a long name). It’s exactly like this one up to the point when the individual is in side plank position.
Say you are in side plank, with your right hand pointing to the ceiling. At that point, you kick your left leg, as straight as possible and touch your left toes with your right hand.
Then, you return to the push up position, raise to the next side plank, with the left pointing to the ceiling, and repeat the same toe touch with the right toes and the left hand.