Suspended Push-Up
How to do the Suspended Push-Up with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Chest
Shoulders, Triceps
Other
How to do the Suspended Push-Up
- 1
Anchor your suspension straps securely to the top of a rack or other object.
- 2
Leaning into the straps, take a handle in each hand and move into a push-up plank position. You should be as close to parallel to the ground as you can manage with your arms fully extended, maintaining good posture.
- 3
Maintaining a straight, rigid torso, descend slowly by allowing the elbows to flex.
- 4
Continue until your elbows break 90 degrees, pausing before you extend to return to the starting position.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Suspended Push-Up 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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