How to Do the Incline Push-Up
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💪 Chest, Shoulders, Triceps🏋️ Body Only📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Stand facing bench or sturdy elevated platform. Place hands on edge of bench or platform, slightly wider than shoulder width.
- Position forefoot back from bench or platform with arms and body straight. Arms should be perpendicular to body. Keeping body straight, lower chest to edge of box or platform by bending arms.
- Push body up until arms are extended. Repeat.
Muscles worked
The Incline Push-Up primarily targets your Chest, with support from your Shoulders, Triceps. You'll need body only.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Incline Push-Up slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.