Incline push-ups

Category: Strength

Level: 1

6-8 reps

  • Place hands on the edge of a bench while toes stay planted on the ground
  • Chest should align with edge of bench when at the bottom of the push-up
  • Straight line from head to ankles
  • Shoulders engaged; flat t-shirt sitting across the shoulder blades
  • Chin tucked so that neck is in line with the rest of the spine
  • Hold elbows out at 45-degree angle from the torso
  • Rounded shoulders
    • Cue "Pinch shoulders back towards spine"
  • Elbows out at 90-degrees to torso
    • Cue "V-shape, not T-shape"
  • Head hanging down
    • Cue "Long, strong neck"
    • Cue "Look up through the eyebrows"
  • Shoulder stability
  • Activates shoulders, chest, and trunk muscles