Incline Push-Up

Start

Finish

How to do it

Put your hands on a sturdy bench, table or stair with feet on the floor, then lower your chest to the edge and press away, keeping the body one straight line.

Muscles worked

Primary: chest · Also works: triceps, front delts

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

• Choosing a surface so high that the set stops being challenging
• Letting the hips sag as fatigue sets in
• Touching the surface with the stomach instead of the chest

Variations

• Stair push-up, lowering one step each week
• Explosive incline push-up

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Knee Push-Up
• Push-Up
• Machine Chest Press

Related exercises

• Barbell Bench Presschest
• Dumbbell Bench Presschest
• Push-Upchest
• Machine Chest Presschest
• Incline Dumbbell Presschest
• Cable Flychest