How to Do Decline Push-ups

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Kyle Brayer and your next in home chest workout will be the decline pushup. The decline pushup or any sort of decline exercise works the bottom of your chest. So on a stability ball you can actually roll your hips on top of the ball so your upper body is lower than your hips and that would work the bottom portion of your chest or a decline bench in the gym. Since most people don't have a decline bench at home, we're going to show you a decline pushup. You can put your feet up on top of a chair, a bench or in this case our workout bench. So I'm going to put my feet up top, which is going to allow my torso to be lower than my feet. I'm going to put my hands out in front of me slightly wider than shoulder width, and this will be my starting position. I'm going to come down and back up. I'm trying to keep my hips in line with my body and trying to keep this bench from sliding out. Down and back up. Keeping my abs tight, my arms sturdy. Down and back up. A variation would be to put my knees on the bench. So if you're starting out and you want to make it a little easier, your knees would be on the bench and you would have a shorter range of motion. Down and up, keeping the abs nice and tight. That's your decline pushup. "