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Beyond simple aesthetics, the humble push-up serves as a critical diagnostic tool for upper-body endurance and cardiovascular ...

Great push-up form starts with a rigid plank. Your arms should be fully extended, with your hands, elbows, and shoulders all in line, and your feet should be no more than 12 inches apart--the closer ...

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 ...

Push-ups remain one of the most effective and accessible exercises for building real-world strength. When performed correctly ...

The humble push-up is one of the greatest general conditioning exercises for climbers, and you can do them anywhere, no equipment required. "You always have ground," says Steve House, co-founder of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts at the Mayo Clinic are determining once and for all how many push-ups the average man and woman should be able to do by ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than a mere exercise, the humble push-up can be viewed as nothing less than a metaphor for life itself. Think of its motion as mirroring the cyclical, up-and-down nature of ...