Chest · Bodyweight
Inclime Reverse Push-up
How to do the inclime reverse push-up, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Place your hands on a raised surface such as a bench or bar with your body angled in an incline plank. With your hands set in a reverse position, fingers pointing back toward you, lower your chest toward the surface and press back up. The incline reduces the load on your upper body.
- 1Your chest and triceps pressing you back up
- 2A stretch through your forearms from the reversed grip
- 3Your core tight and body in a straight line
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips sag or pike up
- Flaring your elbows out wide
- Forcing the wrists if the reverse grip is painful
Muscles worked
The inclime reverse push-up mainly works the mid chest and triceps, with the forearms, upper chest, lower chest, upper abs, and front delts assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.