How to do Pushups

Muscles worked

Main: Chest. Also: Shoulders, Triceps.

Step by step

1. Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart while holding your torso up at arms length.
2. Next, lower yourself downward until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
3. Now breathe out and press your upper body back up to the starting position while squeezing your chest.
4. After a brief pause at the top contracted position, you can begin to lower yourself downward again for as many repetitions as needed.

This one has a detailed camera check. See the push-up form check.

Keep exploring

• Push-Up form guide: mistakes and fixes
• Used in the Home workout plan with no equipment
• More chest exercises
• More bodyweight exercises

Similar exercises

• Alternating Floor Press
• Around The Worlds
• Barbell Bench Press - Medium Grip
• Barbell Guillotine Bench Press
• Barbell Incline Bench Press - Medium Grip
• Bench Press - With Bands

Instructions from Free Exercise DB, in the public domain. General guidance, not medical advice. Stop if anything hurts.