Push-ups / Pushups
- Get into position by placing your hands flat on the floor, directly below your shoulders.
- Extend your legs out behind you, with only your toes and balls of your feet touching the floor.
- Hold your body up and keep your back straight by tightening your abdominal muscles.
- Your neck and head should be bent slightly back.
- Lower your chest towards the ground by bending your elbows until your chest is just above the ground or you feel a stretching of your chest and shoulders. Hold for a count of one.
- Press upwards from your chest and shoulders, straightening your arms as you return to the starting position. Hold for a count of one.
- Repeat.
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Push-ups / pushups is a at-home work out exercise that targets chest and also involves abs and shoulders and triceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Incline barbell bench chest press, standing chest stretch and resistance band push-ups / pushups are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as push-ups / pushups. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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