Wide-Grip Push-Up

Start

Finish

How to do it

Set the hands about one and a half shoulder-widths apart, lower until the chest is level with the hands with the elbows at roughly 45 degrees, then press back.

Muscles worked

Primary: chest · Also works: front delts

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

• Flaring the elbows to a full 90 degrees, which jams the shoulder joint
• Going so wide that the range of motion collapses to a few inches
• Letting the head drop toward the floor ahead of the chest

Variations

• Wide push-up with a pause at the bottom
• Hands-elevated wide push-up

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Push-Up
• Dumbbell Chest Fly
• Cable Fly

Related exercises

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