strength
Push-Up Wide
Works the chest, with no equipment.
Specification
| Equipment | body only |
| Primary muscles | chest |
| Secondary muscles | abdominals, shoulders, triceps |
| Mechanic | compound |
| Force | not recorded |
| Level | beginner |
| Category | strength |
How to do it
- With your hands wide apart, support your body on your toes and hands in a plank position. Your elbows should be extended and your body straight. Do not allow your hips to sag. This will be your starting position.
- To begin, allow the elbows to flex, lowering your chest to the floor as you inhale.
- Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position by extending the elbows. Exhale as you perform this step.
- After pausing at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.