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Wall 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 mot vegg
  • Swedish Armhävningar mot vägg
  • Danish Armstrækninger mod væg
  • German Liegestütze an der Wand
  • Spanish Flexiones en la pared
  • Italian Piegamenti al muro
  • Portuguese Flexão de braço na parede
  • Russian Отжимания от стены
  • French Pompes contre un mur

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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