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Incline Push-Up

chest · shoulders · triceps

bodyweight · beginner

How to do it

  1. 1Place your hands on a bench, table or wall.
  2. 2Lower your chest to the surface and press back up.

What to think about

  • The higher the surface, the easier it is. Use that to find your level.

What usually goes wrong

  • Choosing a surface so low that form breaks down.

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Instead of this

Dumbbell Flat Chest PressThe same movement, at the same level.Incline Dumbbell PressThe same movement, at the same level.Dumbbell Floor PressThe same movement, at the same level.Push-UpThe same movement, at the same level.

What the cautions rest on

The safety points above come from these, not from house opinion.

Every claim RORR makes, with its references

Who checked this

Nobody qualified has. These are standard coaching points and ordinary gym safety, written down: how to set the thing up, what to control, and when to stop a set. They are not a clinical opinion and no physiotherapist or strength coach has read them back. If they disagree with somebody who can actually see you lift, believe that person.