Chest · Bodyweight
Incline Push-up with Chair
How to do the incline 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
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Place your hands on the seat of a sturdy chair slightly wider than your shoulders and walk your feet back into a straight-line plank. Lower your chest toward the chair, then press back up to the start. The incline reduces the load and makes the push-up easier.
- 1Feel your chest and triceps working as you press up from the chair
- 2Keep your body in a straight line and your core engaged
- 3Lower your chest to the seat and press up fully
Common mistakes
- Avoid letting your hips sag or pike up
- Don't flare your elbows wide; keep them at a moderate angle
- Don't bounce; control the tempo down and up
Muscles worked
The incline push-up with chair mainly works the upper chest and mid chest, with the triceps, lower chest, upper abs, and front delts assisting.
- Upper ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.