Beginner exercise

Incline Push-Up

Also called Incline Push-Up Medium

  • Muscle Growth
  • Strength
  • Calisthenics

Technique

How to perform Incline Push-Up

  1. Stand facing a stable bench and place your hands on its edge slightly wider than shoulder width.
  2. Walk your feet backward until your arms are extended and your body forms a straight line.
  3. Brace your core and bend your elbows to lower your chest toward the bench.
  4. Stop just above the bench, then press through your palms to extend your elbows.
  5. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions.

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Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head, Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head.

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Serratus Anterior0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Pectoralis Minor0.3Stabilizer

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.

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