01/24/2017
"When you Learn...Teach👩🏼🎓When you Get, Give❤" -Maya Angelou
I got a request for tricep variations, and one of my favorites is the tricep/triangle pushup! I also love adding variety to my push-ups not only by changing hand placement but incline/decline.
Both variations use your chest, triceps, shoulders and back muscles. However, because of the angle, the Incline Push Up works your lower chest and back more. The Decline Push Up works the upper chest and front shoulders (delts) more than the regular or incline variation.
With a regular Push Up you lift about 70% of your own bodyweight. When you place your feet high as in Decline Push Ups, you actually push up even more of your own weight, which makes the Decline variation more efficient, and harder, than Incline. And of course, the higher you place your feet, the harder it will be. Try lifting a leg too!