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Push-up

Chest & Triceps

The push-up is a fundamental upper body pressing exercise using only your bodyweight. It builds chest, triceps, and shoulder strength while requiring core stability to maintain a rigid plank position.

How to

  1. Start in a high plank — hands slightly wider than shoulders, body in a straight line.
  2. Lower your chest to the ground, keeping elbows at roughly 45 degrees from your body.
  3. Your chest, not your stomach or hips, should touch the floor first.
  4. Press back up to full arm extension without letting hips sag.
  5. Squeeze your glutes and brace your core throughout each rep.

Muscles

ChestTricepsShouldersCore