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Chest Push (single response)

How to do the Chest Push (single response) with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Chest

Secondary

Abs, Shoulders, Triceps

Equipment

Medicine Ball

Step by step

How to do the Chest Push (single response)

  1. 1

    Begin in a kneeling position holding the medicine ball with both hands tightly into the chest.

  2. 2

    Execute the pass by exploding forward and outward with the hips while pushing the ball as far as possible.

  3. 3

    Follow through by falling forward, catching yourself with your hands.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Chest Push (single response) set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your chest volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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