Push-Ups
Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the floor, feet extended. Lower your chest to the ground by bending your elbows, keeping your body straight. Push back up until arms are fully extended. Keep your core engaged.
CHEST · PUSH
How it is executed
- Place your hands shoulder-width apart on the floor, feet extended.
- Lower your chest to the ground by bending your elbows, keeping your body straight.
- Push back up until arms are fully extended.
- Keep your core engaged.
- Muscles worked
- Chest
- Primary muscle
- Mid chest
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Movement pattern
- Push
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophyCore strength
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Glossary and calculators
Relative intensityRelative intensity is a set's load expressed as a percentage of the 1RM for that lift, rather than in kilos.Effective setAn effective set is a working set taken close enough to failure to count toward training volume, in practice within the final three or four reps.VO2 max calculator (Cooper test)What your VO2 max is
