Here’s a deeper dive into which muscles you’ll work when doing a push-up. What Muscles Do Push-Ups Target? To perform a classic push-up, you’ll start in a high plank position, bend your elbows to ...

Sure, planks, push-ups, and burpees are great exercises to add to your workout routine, but if you suffer from wrist pain, they might not be the best for you. The good news is, that getting down on an ...

If you can’t do a push-up with proper form, don’t worry – you’re far from alone, and there are alternatives.Illustration: Carmen Casado/The Guardian Are push-ups really worth the hype? According to ...

A push-up is a body-weight exercise that builds strength in your chest, arms and shoulders. As you lower your chest and press back up, you challenge your core strength and stability. The exercise also ...

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 ...

Weight training is essential to good physical health and is especially important for aging well. A study by Harvard researchers found that middle-aged men who could do 20 push-ups had better heart ...

Mastering push-ups and pull-ups requires progressing from building strength to developing muscular endurance. Conquering your first repetition of these calisthenics exercises is a matter of strength, ...

Push-ups always came easy to me. In my 20s and 30s, I could crank out more than 30 a day if I wanted to, and I loved how strong they made me feel. But the other day, when I went to do a set of 10 push ...

POV: You’re hitting your favourite 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.