Chest · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner

Push-Ups With Feet Elevated

Push-Ups With Feet Elevated, start position
Start
Push-Ups With Feet Elevated, end position
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FrontBack
PrimarySecondary
Main muscles
Chest
Also working
Shoulders, Triceps

How to do 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.

Swaps on other equipment

Each has the chest as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.

Other chest exercises

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