Push-Up Wide
ChestMiddle Chest
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Type
- Strength
Also works: Abdominals, Shoulders, Triceps
How to do the Push-Up Wide
- 1
With your hands wide apart, support your body on your toes and hands in a plank position. Your elbows should be extended and your body straight. Do not allow your hips to sag. This will be your starting position.
- 2
To begin, allow the elbows to flex, lowering your chest to the floor as you inhale.
- 3
Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position by extending the elbows. Exhale as you perform this step.
- 4
After pausing at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
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