compound · Horizontal Push
Hands-Elevated Push-Up
Hands-Elevated Push-Up is a compound horizontal push movement for chest, using no equipment. It also works triceps and front delts. 3 sets of 12-25, 1 min rest.
- Primary muscle
- Chest
- Equipment
- None — bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Sets and reps
- 3 × 12-25
- Rest
- 60s
- Force
- push
How to do it
- 1Set up
Hands on a box or bench, feet back until the body is one line.
- 2The cue that matters
Higher hands means less load - use it to grind out real reps, not sloppy ones.
- 3Work it
3 sets of 12-25, resting about 1 minute between them.
Muscles worked
Chest does most of the work. Triceps and front delts take the rest.