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Incline Push-Up
Push-up with hands elevated on a box or bench, which cuts the load so the pattern can be trained clean. Three sets of ten at one height before you lower the hands to the next.
- 01Set your hands on a stable box or bench slightly wider than shoulder width.
- 02Walk the feet back until the body forms one line from heel to head.
- 03Brace the ribs down and squeeze the glutes so the hips do not sag.
- 04Bend the elbows to roughly forty-five degrees from the torso and lower the chest to the edge.
- 05Press the box away until the elbows lock, keeping the line intact.
- 01Push the box away from you, do not pull yourself up.
- 02Ribs down, glutes on, one straight line.
- 03Elbows back at an arrow, not out at a T.
- 01Hips sagging toward the floor, which loads the lumbar spine instead of the trunk and teaches a leak you carry into the flat version.
- 02Flaring the elbows to ninety degrees, which grinds the front of the shoulder and takes the pecs out of the strongest range.
- 03Head craning down to touch first, which shortens the rep and hides the fact the chest never travelled.
Note: Reference material, not a prescription. Load, volume and whether this movement suits you at all depends on your assessment — if something hurts, stop and get it looked at.