Incline One Arm Push Up exercise – Mover.tips
The Incline One Arm Push Up is an easy modification of the One Arm Push Up and serves as preparation in a beginner stage.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from ‘Incline One-Arm Push Up’
by Tim Berzins)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Hold a support point with both hands, such as a table, balcony or stairs.
- Extend your feet and body forming a straight plank from the shoulders to the heels.
- Extend one arm, put the other one on your waist or back.
- This is the starting position.
- Bend the supporting arm, bringing the chest close to the support point.
- Extend the arm again, returning to the starting position.
Hints & tips:
- You can vary the height for different difficulties, the lowest the more difficult.
Benefits:
- The exercise strengthens the arms, shoulder, chest and core.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Muscles: Core & Upper body
Primary muscles: Shoulder, Triceps, Chest, Obliques
Secondary muscles: Abs, Lowerback
Other names
The exercise can be found with other names. Examples are:
- Incline One Arm Push Up
- Incline Single Arm Push Up
- Incline One Arm Press Up
- Incline Single Arm Press Up
Heading to the One Arm Push Up
2. Incline One Arm Push Up 4. Assisted One Arm Push Up
One Arm Push Up Variants
Assisted One Arm Knee Push Up Assisted Unstable One Arm Push Up
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Collection: Push Up Variations
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