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Push-Up

chest · shoulders · triceps · core

bodyweight · beginner

How to do it

  1. 1Start in a plank with hands under your shoulders.
  2. 2Lower your chest toward the floor, then press back up.

What to think about

  • Keep a straight line from head to heels.
  • Elbows at roughly 45 degrees, not straight out.

What usually goes wrong

  • Letting the hips sag or pike up.
  • Cutting the range short.

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Instead of this

Dumbbell Flat Chest PressThe same movement, at the same level.Incline Dumbbell PressThe same movement, at the same level.Dumbbell Floor PressThe same movement, at the same level.Incline Push-UpThe same movement, at the same level.

What the cautions rest on

The safety points above come from these, not from house opinion.

Every claim RORR makes, with its references

Who checked this

Nobody qualified has. These are standard coaching points and ordinary gym safety, written down: how to set the thing up, what to control, and when to stop a set. They are not a clinical opinion and no physiotherapist or strength coach has read them back. If they disagree with somebody who can actually see you lift, believe that person.