How to Do the Push-Ups With Feet Elevated

Beginner · Body Only · Targets Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

How to perform it

1. Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart from each other holding your torso up at arms length.
2. Place your toes on top of a flat bench. This will allow your body to be elevated. Note: The higher the elevation of the flat bench, the higher the resistance of the exercise is.
3. Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
4. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest. Breathe out as you perform this step.
5. After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

The Push-Ups With Feet Elevated 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 Push-Ups With Feet Elevated 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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