Push-up
Also called Pushups.
Works Chest · also shoulders, triceps
Gear Body only
How to do it
- Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart while holding your torso up at arms length.
- Next, lower yourself downward until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
- Now breathe out and press your upper body back up to the starting position while squeezing your chest.
- After a brief pause at the top contracted position, you can begin to lower yourself downward again for as many repetitions as needed.
In these plans
- Bodyweight Starter
- Bodyweight Foundations
- Dumbbell Foundations
- Back In
- Hotel Room
- Your First Pull-up
- Bodyweight Core
- Park Bars
- Ten Minutes
- Daily Practice
- Floor Intervals
- Pull-up Ten
- Every Day
- First Dumbbells
- Back to the Bells
- The Light Pair
- Arms and Shoulders
- Dumbbells on the Road
- Dumbbell Rounds
- Your First Barbell
- Back Under the Bar
- Bar and Rack
- Barbell Rounds
- Bench Block
- Barbell Peak
- Five Short Days
- The Garage Split
- Wave Strength
- Two Bells
- Bell and Body
- Gym Conditioning
- Incline Chest
- Interval Foundations