Incline Push Ups
Trains the chest. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use Incline Push Ups
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a chest exercise that is, there are 14 on the Chest page.
Muscles worked
What Incline Push Ups trains
Technique
How to do Incline Push Ups
- Stand facing a chair and place your hands on top, close to the edge, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Step your feet back to extend your legs behind you, forming a straight line from your head to your heels.
- Engage your core and keep your body straight. Lower your chest towards the chair by bending your elbows, keeping them at a 45-degree angle to your body.
- Lower yourself until your chest is close to the chair, then push through your hands to extend your arms and return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Exhale as you push up and inhale as you lower yourself down.
- Use a chair that can support your weight without moving.
- Keep your core engaged to maintain a straight body line and avoid sagging your hips.
Substitutes
Swap Incline Push Ups for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run Incline Push Ups for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.