Your hands-elevated push-up is a variation on the push-up, a body-weight standard. Your hands are elevated so that your body is aligned at an angle to the floor rather than parallel.
Benefits
- No equipment is required to build the chest
- Builds the chest, particularly the lower chest
- Great for burn-out sets at the end of a chest workout
- Type: Strength
- Main Muscle Worked: Chest
- Equipment: Body Only
- Level: Intermediate
Chest
Directions:
- Stand facing a bench or sturdy elevated platform. Place your hands on the edge of the bench or platform, slightly wider than shoulder-width.
- Position forefoot back from bench or platform with arms and body straight. Arms should be perpendicular to the body. While keeping your body straight, lower your chest to the edge of the box or platform by bending your arms.
- Push the body up until your body is back in the starting position. Then repeat for the desired reps.
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