Strength

Push-Ups With Feet Elevated

The push-ups with feet elevated is a beginner strength exercise for your chest, using just your body weight.

Main muscles
Chest
Also works
Shoulders, Triceps
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Beginner
Push-Ups With Feet Elevated, starting position
Start
Push-Ups With Feet Elevated, end position
Finish

How to do it

  1. Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart from each other holding your torso up at arms length.
  2. Place your toes on top of a flat bench. This will allow your body to be elevated. Note: The higher the elevation of the flat bench, the higher the resistance of the exercise is.
  3. Lower yourself until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
  4. Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position and squeeze your chest. Breathe out as you perform this step.
  5. After a second pause at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.

Alternatives to the push-ups with feet elevated

Push-up Body weight Decline Push-Up Body weight Cable fly Cable stack Chest press machine Chest press machine Dumbbell bench press Dumbbells, Flat bench Dumbbell floor press Dumbbells