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- Etymology
- Body mass supported during push-ups
- Muscles worked
- Abdominals
- Deltoid
- Chest muscles
- Stabilizers: back body
- Triceps brachii
- Forearms
- Biceps
- Joints and tendons
- Variations
- Weighted push-ups
- Knee push-ups
- Planche push-ups
- Tandem push-ups
- Tandem knuckle push-ups
- Hand release push-ups
- Push-ups on medicine balls
- Knuckle push-ups
- Maltese push-up
- Hindu push-up
- Guillotine push-up
- Backhanded push-up
- One-arm versions
- Single-leg push-up
- Narrow-grip push-up
- Wide-grip push-up
- Clap push-up
- Spider-Man push-up
- Declined push-up
- Other versions
- [[Plyometrics]]
- Aztec push-ups
- 360 push-ups
- Falling and explosive rebound push-ups
- Record breakers and attempts
- In the animal kingdom
- See also
- References
- External links
The push-up (press-up in British English) is a common calisthenics exercise beginning from the prone position. By raising and lowering the body using the arms, push-ups exercise the pectoral muscles, triceps, and anterior deltoids, with ancillary benefits to the rest of the deltoids, serratus anterior, coracobrachialis, and the midsection as a whole. Push-ups are a basic exercise used in civilian athletic training or physical education and commonly in military physical training. It is also a common form of punishment used in the military, school sport, and some martial arts disciplines for its humiliating factor (when one fails to do a specified amount) and for its lack of equipment. Variations, such as wide-arm and diamond push-ups, target specific muscle groups and provide further challenges.
==Etymology== The American English term push-up was first used between 1905 and 1910, while the British press-up was first recorded in 1920.