The Complete Guide to the Push-Up

The push-up exercise is an upper body strength exercise, providing a compund workout for the arms, shoulders, chest, back and abs. This simple exercise has for a long time been a popular fitness exercise for athletes and non-athletes around the world.

There is a standard way to do a push-up, plus many other variations and alternatives. There is push-up equipment you can use to help achieve your push-up goals, and to assist with push-up fitness testing.

How many can you do? Check out some push-up records, and compare your results using our norm table or calculator. Check out these push-up workouts to improve your score.

Push-Up Variations :

• Knee Push-Up
• One-Arm Push-Up
• Close Grip
• Clap Push-Up
• Wall Push-Up
• Incline Push-Up
• Assisted Push-Up
• Weighted push-ups

Push-Up Equipment :

• Push-Up Bars
• Power Press Push Up
• US Games Push-Up Challenger
• AssessPro Rep-Addition Push-Up Tester
• Perfect Pushup

Push-Up Records :

• Most Push-ups in a Minute
• Chest-to-Ground Push-ups - most in an hour
• Clap Push-ups - most in an hour
• 60lbs on your back - most in an hour
• Fingertips Push-ups - one minute
• Thumb Push-Ups - one minute
• The most people doing push-ups at the same time

Push-Up Alternatives

• The Plank

Push-Up Articles

• Wall Push-Ups vs. Knee Push-Ups: Which Is Better for Beginners?

Push-Up Testing :

• Max-Number Push-Up Test
• Cadence Push-Up Test
• 1-Minute Push-Up Test
• Chair Push-Up Test
• Hand Release Push-Up Test

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