Push-Up

Step-by-step technique for Push-Up, an exercise for chest using bodyweight. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.

Technique video

How to do it

  1. Get into a plank position with hands slightly wider than shoulder-width.
  2. Keep your body straight from head to heels.
  3. Lower your chest toward the floor under control.
  4. Press back up to the starting position.
Coach tip: Brace glutes and abs so your hips don’t sag.

Muscles worked

Primary: Chest
Secondary: Triceps, Front Delts, Transverse Abs

Push-Up is a strength exercise that loads the chest using bodyweight. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.

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