Chest · Bodyweight
Decline Push-up with Chair
How to do the decline push-up with chair, 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
Place your feet up on a sturdy chair and set your hands on the floor a bit wider than shoulder-width, body in a straight line. Lower your chest toward the floor by bending your elbows, then press back up to the start.
- 1Upper chest and shoulders driving the press from the decline angle
- 2Core braced and body straight from head to heels
- 3A full lower until your chest nearly meets the floor
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips sag or pike up
- Flaring your elbows too wide
- Craning your neck instead of keeping it neutral
Muscles worked
The decline push-up with chair mainly works the lower chest and mid chest, with the triceps, upper chest, upper abs, and front delts assisting.
- Lower ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
Kovo programs the decline push-up with chair for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.