Arms · Bodyweight
Incline Finger Press
How to do the incline finger press, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set up in an incline push-up position with your hands on an elevated surface and your body in a straight line. Press up onto your fingertips and lower back down, keeping the load on your fingers and a strong line from head to heels.
- 1Finger flexors and forearms supporting your weight
- 2Chest and triceps assisting the press
- 3Core braced to hold a straight body line
Common mistakes
- Collapsing the fingers or letting the wrists buckle
- Letting the hips sag toward the surface
- Flaring the elbows wide on the way down
Muscles worked
The incline finger press mainly works the forearms, with the triceps, upper chest, mid chest, upper abs, lower abs, and front delts assisting.
- ForearmsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Lower ChestMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- QuadsMinor
- GlutesMinor
Kovo programs the incline finger press for you and tracks it every session.
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More forearms exercises
- How to do the wrist curl
- How to do the conans wheel
- How to do the farmers walk
- How to do the forearm extensor stretch
- How to do the forearm flexor stretch
- How to do the medicine ball hussafel carry
Last reviewed June 2026.