How to Do the Push-Up Wide

Beginner · Body Only · Targets Chest, Abdominals, Shoulders, Triceps

Push-Up Wide demonstration
💪 Chest, Abdominals, Shoulders, Triceps🏋️ Body Only📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength

How to perform it

  1. With your hands wide apart, support your body on your toes and hands in a plank position. Your elbows should be extended and your body straight. Do not allow your hips to sag. This will be your starting position.
  2. To begin, allow the elbows to flex, lowering your chest to the floor as you inhale.
  3. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position by extending the elbows. Exhale as you perform this step.
  4. After pausing at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

The Push-Up Wide primarily targets your Chest, with support from your Abdominals, Shoulders, Triceps. You'll need body only.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Push-Up Wide slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.

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