Movement Library
Wall Push-Up
- Pattern
- Push
- Trains
- Muscular strength
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Measured in
- Repetitions
How to perform
- 1Hands on the wall at shoulder height, body in one straight line.
- 2Bend your elbows to bring your chest to the wall, then press away.
Technique in detail
Stand an arm's length from a wall and place your hands on it slightly wider than your shoulders, at roughly chest height. Step your feet back so your body makes one straight line leaning into the wall. Brace your midsection, then bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the wall under control. Press back to the start without letting your hips lead. To make it harder, walk your feet further from the wall — the more horizontal you are, the more of your bodyweight you press. This is the honest starting point for anyone building toward a floor push-up.
Common mistakes
- Standing too close to the wall, which makes the movement almost weightless. Step back until the last few reps of a set genuinely feel like work.
- Letting the hips pike backward so only the arms move. The body should travel as one rigid line — brace as if you were holding a plank standing up.
- Rushing. Because the load is light it is tempting to bounce; slow the lowering to two seconds and it becomes a real exercise.
Equipment
- No equipment
Progression
Movements in this library are chained from easiest to hardest, so you always have a next step.
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