Weighted push-ups

Description

• Setup: Begin in a standard plank position with a weight plate balanced securely on your upper back.
• Alignment: Maintain a straight line from your head to your heels, engaging your core to prevent your back from sagging.
• Execution: Lower your body until your chest nearly touches the floor, keeping your elbows at a forty-five degrees.
• Ascent: Press through your palms to return to the starting position, fully extending your arms.

Muscles

Primary muscles

• Chest (pectoralis major)

Secondary muscles

• Triceps

Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: wger.de, nishant0712). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).