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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

  • Norwegian Armhevinger på knær
  • Swedish Armhävningar på knä
  • Danish Armstrækninger på knæ
  • German Liegestütze auf den Knien
  • Spanish Flexiones de rodillas
  • Italian Piegamenti sulle ginocchia
  • Portuguese Flexão de braço (joelhos no chão)
  • Russian Отжимания с колен
  • French 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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