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Push-Up Wide
Push-Up Wide is a beginner strength exercise using body only. It works the chest, with help from the abdominals, shoulders and triceps.
beginnerbody onlycompoundstrength
- Main muscles
- chest
- Also works
- abdominals, shoulders, triceps
How to do it
- With your hands wide apart, support your body on your toes and hands in a plank position. Your elbows should be extended and your body straight. Do not allow your hips to sag. This will be your starting position.
- To begin, allow the elbows to flex, lowering your chest to the floor as you inhale.
- Using your pectoral muscles, press your upper body back up to the starting position by extending the elbows. Exhale as you perform this step.
- After pausing at the contracted position, repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).