Push-ups come in many forms — some are progressions to make a push-up harder while others are regressions to make the upper-body exercise more accessible. One push-up variation that holds muscles ...

Wall push-ups are gaining popularity across the United States as a simple yet powerful exercise that improves strength, ...

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Plyometric (or, plyo) push-ups are a set of exercises that focus on your chest, shoulders, triceps, and abs. These push-ups are designed to give you more power, which is essential for fast and ...

The bench presses, cable crossover machines, and dumbbell pullovers of the world are all great for building up your chest. But even if you can't access any of that gear when you're at home, you can ...

What muscles do push ups work? The classic strength-training exercise recruits lots of different muscles for movement and stabilization, but it mainly targets your chest, shoulders and upper arms.

Fitness tests often use a modified push-up to assess women’s upper-body strength, but most healthy women are capable of performing full push-ups. (Video: Alexa Juliana Ard / The Washington Post) What ...

With proper technique, you can get the most out of this simple, yet powerful exercise. Credit...Zack DeZon for The New York Times Supported by By Christie Aschwanden Simple, strenuous and possible to ...

I’ve always been bugged by how my fitness apps give me completely different calorie counts for the same workout. When I finally decided to figure out what’s really going on with push-up calories, I ...