Chest · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner
Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)


PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Chest
- Also working
- Shoulders, Triceps
How to do it
- Lie on the floor face down and body straight with your toes on the floor and the hands wider than shoulder width for a wide hand position and closer than shoulder width for a close hand position. Make sure you are holding your torso up at arms length.
- Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
- 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.
- 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
- Push-Ups With Feet Elevated · Bodyweight
- Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball · Exercise Ball
- Pushups · Bodyweight
- Single-Arm Cable Crossover · Cable
- Single-Arm Push-Up · Bodyweight
- Smith Machine Bench Press · Machine
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