Exercise library / Chest
Incline push-ups
Chest · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Chest.
Secondary: Triceps, Front delts.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Armhevinger mot benk
- Svenska Armhävningar mot bänk
- Dansk Armstrækninger mod bænk
- Deutsch Liegestütze Hände erhöht
- Español Flexiones inclinadas
- Italiano Piegamenti con mani sulla panca
- Português Flexão inclinada no banco
- Русский Отжимания с руками на скамье
- Français Pompes mains surélevées
Related chest exercises
- Bench press (barbell)
- Incline bench press (barbell)
- Decline bench press (barbell)
- Close-grip bench press (barbell)
- Landmine press
- Flat dumbbell press
athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.