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Decline Push Up

Builds the chest.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercisesAll chest exercises

What it works

Chest

How to do it

  1. 1Feet elevated on a bench, hands on the floor.
  2. 2Lower the chest under control and press up, keeping the body rigid.
  3. 3The decline shifts more bodyweight onto the arms and biases the upper chest.

Watch a form guide for the decline push up

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