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Illustration of the Feet-Elevated Push-Up: The higher the feet, the more it hits the upper chest. Keep the hips from sagging.
compound · Horizontal Push

Feet-Elevated Push-Up

Feet-Elevated Push-Up is a compound horizontal push movement for chest, using no equipment. It also works front delts, triceps and core. 3 sets of 10-20, 1 min rest.

Primary muscle
Chest
Equipment
None — bodyweight
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
3 × 10-20
Rest
60s
Force
push

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Feet on a bench or box, hands under the shoulders on the floor.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    The higher the feet, the more it hits the upper chest. Keep the hips from sagging.

  3. 3
    Work it

    3 sets of 10-20, resting about 1 minute between them.

Muscles worked

Chest does most of the work. Front delts, triceps and core take the rest.

Chest exercisesfront deltstricepscore