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A Guide to the Muscles Worked by Push-Ups

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Push-ups work your chest, shoulders, back, core, and arm muscles.Maintain a straight line ...

If You Can Do This Many Push-Ups Without Stopping, Your Upper Body Is In Great Shape

See how many push-ups you should do—by age and sex—to be in great shape, plus perfect-form tips and strategies to boost your ...
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Struggling To Nail Your First Push-Up? A Strength Coach Reveals 3 Tips To Achieving It

POV: You’re hitting your favorite group class several times a week. You can feel yourself get a little stronger every time you walk onto that floor. Until they bring up one dreaded move: push-ups. The ...
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Push-Up Challenges Are Going Viral. Here’s How to Do Them Right

Push-ups are having a moment. Just this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled the “Pete and Bobby Challenge,” a public dare to ...
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We Asked 5 Fitness Experts the Best Way to Modify a Push-Up—They All Said the Same Thing

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Push-ups work your chest, arms, core, and legs all at ...