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How To Do a Push Up

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• The push-up develops the chest, shoulders, arms, and torso—making it a serious fat-burner that gets your whole upper-body in shape fast.
• Added December 10, 2008

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This video has Easy Steps. | Show all steps » Print

You Will Need

• A clean flat floor surface
• A step

• Always consult a physician before attempting any exercise program.

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  Step 1.

  Lie face down

  Lie face down on the floor.

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  Step 2.

  Place hands

  Place your hands on either side of your chest, palms down, with your fingers wide and pointing forward.

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  Step 3.

  Position feet

  Flex your foot so that your toes point toward your head and your heels are up in the air.

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  Step 4.

  Push off floor

  Keeping your body in a straight line, push yourself off the floor until your arms are almost fully extended.

• Flex your back, stomach, butt, and leg muscles to keep your torso in line—and make your push-ups a full-body workout.

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  Step 5.

  Lower body

  Slowly lower your body until your chest almost touches the ground.

• To make push-ups easier, leave your knees on the floor—to make them harder, put your feet up on a step.

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  Step 6.

  Repeat

  Do push-ups until your arms are ready to give out. Fortunately, you’re already on the floor, so relaxing is easy.

• In 1956, at the age of 42, Jack Lalanne set a world record of 1,033 pushups in 23 minutes.

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Show Comment by fritzie (Rated 1)

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Cute and clever production (love kissing the bicep). Also spot on with info.

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awww .... very useful video, so I'm going to do this and sit-up together. It's time to get healthy. :]

Reply about 1 month ago by musik3r

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