Chest · Bodyweight
Ring Russian Push-up
How to do the ring russian push-up, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Start in a plank with your hands on the rings, slightly wider than your shoulders. Lower your chest, then as you come forward rock onto your forearms and back to your hands, blending a push-up with a forearm roll. Press back up to lockout while keeping the rings tucked close.
- 1Your chest and triceps driving the rock from forearms back to hands
- 2Rings pulled in tight to your sides as you stabilize
- 3A braced core holding a straight line through the whole roll
Common mistakes
- Letting the rings drift outward as you transition
- Sagging through your hips or piking up
- Bending or hyperextending your wrists under load
Muscles worked
The ring russian push-up mainly works the mid chest and triceps, with the upper chest, upper abs, front delts, forearms, lower chest, lower abs, and obliques assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsPrimary
- Upper ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- LatsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.