Push Ups
Compound exercise · horizontal push
How to do it
- Place your hands slightly wider than shoulder width and brace your body from head to heel.
- Lower your chest toward the floor under control while your elbows track slightly back.
- Press back up until your arms are almost straight and keep your core tight.
Muscles involved
- chest
- 80
- triceps
- 50
- shoulders
- 30
- abdominals
- 20
- glutes
- 10
- serratus
- 10
- obliques
- 10
- hamstrings
- 5
- quadriceps
- 5
- forearms
- 5
- upperBack
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- horizontal push
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Optional
- mat, weighted vest
- Variations
- on feet, on knees, added weight
Follow along in the app
This exercise is in both apps. Pick whichever suits you.
Trainer
Guided strength training with a 3D coach, set by set.
Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.