Chest · Bodyweight
Wrong Right Chest Bench Press-Butt
How to do the wrong right chest bench press-butt, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Lie back on a flat bench and grip the bar slightly wider than shoulder width. Keep your glutes planted on the bench and your feet flat on the floor as you lower the bar to your mid-chest, then press it back up. Do not let your hips lift off the bench during the press.
- 1Feel your chest stretch at the bottom and drive on the press
- 2Keep your glutes and shoulders pinned to the bench
- 3Push your feet into the floor for a stable base
Common mistakes
- Don't arch and lift your butt off the bench to push the weight
- Avoid flaring your elbows straight out to the sides
- Don't bounce the bar off your chest
Muscles worked
The wrong right chest bench press-butt mainly works the mid chest, with the triceps, front delts, upper chest, and lower chest assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- GlutesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.