compound · Horizontal Push
Push-Up
Push-Up is a compound horizontal push movement for chest, using no equipment. It also works triceps, front delts and core. 3 sets of 10-25, 1 min rest.
- Primary muscle
- Chest
- Equipment
- None — bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Sets and reps
- 3 × 10-25
- Rest
- 60s
- Force
- push
How to do it
- 1Set up
Hands just outside the shoulders, elbows tracking back at about 45 degrees.
- 2The cue that matters
Ribs down, glutes tight, chest to the floor - the body moves as one plank.
- 3Work it
3 sets of 10-25, resting about 1 minute between them.
Muscles worked
Chest does most of the work. Triceps, front delts and core take the rest.