Arms · Bodyweight
Wrist Push-up
How to do the wrist push-up, 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
Get into a push-up position and place your weight on the backs of your hands or your fingertips so the load runs through your wrists and forearms. Lower a short way and press back up, building wrist and forearm strength.
- 1Forearms and wrists working hard to support and press your weight
- 2A tight core and level hips holding a straight body line
- 3Controlled, short reps that keep tension on the wrists
Common mistakes
- Loading the wrists too fast; build the range up slowly
- Letting your hips sag or your head crane forward
- Bouncing at the bottom instead of pressing under control
Muscles worked
The wrist push-up mainly works the forearms, with the triceps, mid chest, upper chest, lower chest, upper abs, and front delts assisting.
- ForearmsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
Kovo programs the wrist push-up for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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.