Knee Push-Up
The knee push-up is a push-up variation for the chest (pectorals), done with bodyweight only. It also works the triceps and shoulders (deltoids). On weyt.ai it counts toward Balance as Chest (minimum 10 sets per 30 days) and toward your 12-week strength trend, where each rep counts as 50% of your bodyweight plus whatever you add.
At a glance
| Muscle group | Chest |
|---|---|
| Primary muscles | chest (pectorals) |
| Secondary muscles | triceps, shoulders (deltoids) |
| Equipment | Bodyweight |
| Logged as | Reps per set |
| Strength scoring | Counts as a lift, each rep 50% of bodyweight plus whatever you add |
| Balance group | Chest · minimum 10 sets per 30 days |
| Strength standards | none (standards exist for barbell and dumbbell lifts with published norms) |
How weyt.ai scores it
- Balance: every logged set counts toward the Chest group, which needs at least 10 sets per 30 days for full credit.
- Strength: counts as a lift. Each rep counts as 50% of your bodyweight plus whatever you add, so it earns volume, a best lift estimate (an estimated one-rep max) and PR credit like a loaded lift.
- Routine: any session that includes it counts toward your weekly target, the 4-week consistency window and your streak.
Scoring is plain arithmetic, not AI: the same sets always give the same result. Read the method on the about page.
Also called
kneeling push up, modified push up, push up on knees, knee pushup, knee push ups
Log it under any of these names and weyt.ai files it under the same exercise, so your history never splits across spellings.
Related chest exercises
Everything else that counts as chest
Barbell Bench Press · Incline Barbell Bench Press · Decline Barbell Bench Press · Dumbbell Bench Press · Incline Dumbbell Press · Decline Dumbbell Press · Machine Chest Press · Smith Machine Bench Press · Cable Chest Press · Resistance Band Chest Press · Dumbbell Chest Fly · Incline Dumbbell Fly · Cable Chest Fly · Pec Deck Fly · Chest Squeeze and Hold · Dip · Weighted Dip · Assisted Dip · Medicine Ball Chest Pass · Smith Machine Incline Press · Machine Incline Chest Press · Barbell Floor Press · Dumbbell Floor Press · Decline Dumbbell Fly · Resistance Band Chest Fly · Svend Press · Ring Push-Up · Ring Chest Fly · Plyometric Push-Up