Incline Triceps Push Up exercise – Mover.tips

The Incline Triceps Push Up strengthens the triceps in a mid-term between the easier Wall Triceps Push Up and the harder Knee Triceps Push Up.

Video demonstration

(excerpt from ‘Bodyweight Triceps Extensions’ by Andrew Dixon)

How to and step by step instructions:

1. Choose a balcony, horizontal bar or any appliance as high as your shoulders.
2. Hold such support with both hands, arms bended and elbows towards the floor.
3. Move your feet away so than the body performs a 45 degrees angle.
4. This is the starting position.
5. Extend your arms bringing the body a little more vertical.
6. Bend your elbows again, keeping them vertical toward the floor, not horizontally.

Hints & tips:

• The lower your hands, the harder the movement.

Benefits:

Counting & gamification:

• Do 3 sets of 7-10 repetitions.

Muscles worked and body parts involved:

Primary muscles: Shoulder, Triceps

Secondary muscles: Abs, Lowerback

Other names

The exercise can be found with other names. Examples are:

• Incline Triceps Push Up
• Incline Triceps Extention

Triceps Push Up, easy to hard

2. Incline Triceps Push Up 3. Triceps Push Up on Parallel Bar

Triceps Extensions aka Skull Crushers

Training tricep with Push Ups

Other Incline Push Ups

Muscle: Shoulder

Bent Leg One Arm Body Row Bent Leg Wide Grip Body Row See 55 Shoulder exercises

Muscle: Triceps

Bent Leg Close Grip Body Row Floor L Sit Heel Supported Single Leg Raise

Collection: Push Up Variations

Assisted Unstable One Arm Push Up See the 41 exercises collection Push Up Variations

Category: Bodyweight

See 132 exercises for category Bodyweight