Exercise library / Chest
Knee push-up
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 på knær
- Svenska Armhävningar på knä
- Dansk Armstrækninger på knæ
- Deutsch Liegestütze auf den Knien
- Español Flexiones de rodillas
- Italiano Piegamenti sulle ginocchia
- Português Flexão de braço (joelhos no chão)
- Русский Отжимания с колен
- Français Pompes sur les genoux
Related chest exercises
- Bench press (barbell)
- Incline bench press (barbell)
- Decline bench press (barbell)
- Close-grip bench press (barbell)
- Landmine press
- Flat dumbbell press
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