Incline Push-Up Wide

How to do the Incline Push-Up Wide

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 wider than shoulder width.
3. Position your feet back from the bar with arms and body straight. Your arms should be perpendicular to the body. 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 Wide

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

Superset the Incline Push-Up Wide 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 Wide work?

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

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

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

Is the Incline Push-Up Wide suitable for beginners?

Yes, the Incline Push-Up Wide 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 Wide go in a workout?

Early — the Incline Push-Up Wide 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 Medium Bodyweight Incline Push-Up Reverse Grip Bodyweight Isometric Wipers Bodyweight Push Up to Side Plank Bodyweight Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip Barbell