strength
Incline Push-Up Medium
Works the chest, with no equipment.
Specification
| Equipment | body only |
| Primary muscles | chest |
| Secondary muscles | abdominals, shoulders, triceps |
| Mechanic | compound |
| Force | push |
| Level | beginner |
| Category | strength |
How to do it
- Stand facing a Smith machine bar or sturdy elevated platform at an appropriate height.
- Place your hands on the bar, with your hands about shoulder width apart.
- Position your feet back from the bar with arms and body straight. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping your body straight, lower your chest to the bar by bending the arms.
- Return to the starting position by extending the elbows, pressing yourself back up.