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Incline Push-Up

If you can't do a full push-up, we recommend skipping knee push-ups and adjusting your angle instead. This allows for your body to develop the core needed to hold your posterior pelvic tilt in a straight body line. An Incline Push-Up can be done on any elevated surface. Reducing load also allows you to monitor your elbows to assure they are tight at your sides, since we primarily use tricep push-ups in our programming.

  • Type Of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Chest, Triceps, Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only

Incline Push-Up

  1. Place your hands at shoulder width on a hip-height bar or other stable object.
  2. Extend your arms and step away from the support to approximately a 45-degree body angle.
  3. Straighten your knees, bring your feet together, and lift your heels.
  4. Engage your abs and glutes to achieve a posterior pelvic tilt (PPT).
  5. Spread your shoulder blades apart (protract) by pressing your chest away from your hands.
  6. Now bend your elbows and begin to lower your body down, keeping it straight.
  7. If you are positioned properly, you'll be able to lower the center of your chest between your hands.
  8. As soon as your chest touches, push back up with a straight body and control.
  9. Repeat for reps.
  • Exercise: Push-Up
  • Type of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Chest, Triceps, Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only
  • Exercise: Pseudo Planche Push-Up
  • Type of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Chest, Triceps, Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Equipment: Body Only
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