Incline Push-Up Medium

How to do the Incline Push-Up Medium

1. Stand facing a Smith machine bar or sturdy elevated platform at an appropriate height.
2. Place your hands on the bar, with your hands about shoulder width apart.
3. Position your feet back from the bar with arms and body straight. This will be your starting position.
4. Keeping your body straight, lower your chest to the bar by bending the arms.
5. Return to the starting position by extending the elbows, pressing yourself back up.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	chest
Secondary	abs, shoulders, triceps
Equipment	no equipment
Difficulty	beginner
Type	compound

Train the same muscles a different way

6 alternatives for the same chest, with and without kit.

Bench Press - With Bands Resistance Bands Alternating Floor Press Kettlebell Bent-Arm Dumbbell Pullover Dumbbell Decline Dumbbell Bench Press Dumbbell Dumbbell Bench Press Dumbbell Dumbbell Bench Press with Neutral Grip Dumbbell

Harder than the Incline Push-Up Medium

Plyo Kettlebell Pushups expert · Kettlebell Flat Bench Cable Flyes intermediate · Cable Machine Incline Cable Flye intermediate · Cable Machine

Superset the Incline Push-Up Medium with

Opposing lats and middle back work — alternate sets without extra rest.

Chin-Up lats Inverted Row middle back Pullups lats V-Bar Pullup lats

Common questions

What muscles does the Incline Push-Up Medium work?

The Incline Push-Up Medium primarily works the chest, with the abs, shoulders, and triceps as secondary movers. Alternating Floor Press, Incline Push-Up Reverse Grip, and Incline Push-Up Wide train the same muscle, across 11 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Incline Push-Up Medium?

None — the Incline Push-Up Medium is bodyweight, so it works at home, in a hotel room or outdoors. Alternating Floor Press and Incline Push-Up Reverse Grip also need nothing.

Is the Incline Push-Up Medium suitable for beginners?

Yes, the Incline Push-Up Medium is rated beginner. Plyo Kettlebell Pushups, Flat Bench Cable Flyes, and Incline Cable Flye are the progressions from here.

Where should the Incline Push-Up Medium go in a workout?

Early — the Incline Push-Up Medium is compound, working 4 muscle groups, so run it first or second while you are fresh, then superset Chin-Up and Inverted Row later.

Similar exercises

Alternating Floor Press Kettlebell Incline Push-Up Reverse Grip Bodyweight Incline Push-Up Wide Bodyweight Isometric Wipers Bodyweight Push Up to Side Plank Bodyweight Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip Barbell