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Incline Push-Up Wide

How to do the Incline Push-Up Wide with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

CompoundBody OnlyBeginnerPush
Primary muscles

Chest

Secondary

Abs, Shoulders, Triceps

Equipment

Body Only

Step by step

How to do the Incline Push-Up Wide

  1. 1

    Stand facing a Smith machine bar or sturdy elevated platform at an appropriate height.

  2. 2

    Place your hands on the bar, with your hands wider than shoulder width.

  3. 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. 4

    Keeping your body straight, lower your chest to the bar by bending the arms.

  5. 5

    Return to the starting position by extending the elbows, pressing yourself back up.

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