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Decline Push-Up form guide
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Decline Push-Up

Works your chest with help from front delts, triceps, core.

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How to do it

  1. 1Put your feet on a bench, step or sofa and your hands on the floor, a little wider than your shoulders.
  2. 2Make a straight line from head to heels.
  3. 3Lower your chest toward the floor, elbows about 45 degrees from your body.
  4. 4Push the floor away until your arms are straight.

Muscles worked

Front
Back
ChestFront deltsTricepsCore

Get it right

  • Body stays in one straight line
  • The higher the feet, the more upper chest and shoulders

Avoid this

  • Hips sagging
  • Head dropping toward the floor
  • Half reps