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Push up

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Place your hands on the floor just beyond shoulder width apart. Keep your back straight and your knees bent, resting on the floor. Keeping your abdominal muscles tight, slowly lower your body so as to touch your nose to the floor. Squeeze chest muscles to push yourself back to the starting position. To increase the resistance, try doing the push-up on your toes instead of your knees.
Do three sets of 12 repetitions, resting no more than 90 seconds between each set.
This exercise strengthens the pectorals (chest) and firms the triceps (muscles at the back of the upper arm).

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Sally234
February 11, 2008 at 8:44 pm

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I am a huge fan of chest push up, I am been doing it for 4 years now, the results are amazing. Your chest will be well tone.
celticapple
March 2, 2009 at 12:45 am

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Works well if he's long enough and strong enough to help hold you on top. If not a lot of slip sliding off goes on but on that hand it also makes for a few laughs along the way.
Kelli
October 10, 2011 at 7:05 pm

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does it end up, like, making your chest smaller?
Kelli
October 10, 2011 at 7:05 pm

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does it end up, like, making your chest smaller?
Kelli
October 10, 2011 at 7:05 pm

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does it end up, like, making your chest smaller?
kellichrislyn
October 10, 2011 at 7:07 pm

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does it end up,like, making your chest smaller?
kellichrislyn
October 10, 2011 at 7:07 pm

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does it end up,like, making your chest smaller?
mysticmisha
March 5, 2012 at 12:11 am

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I am trying the push up because I am desperate to get more tone and more smaller! I hope it works as it claims. Since I am so out of shape, I am taking it slow!
Yami
July 19, 2012 at 2:50 pm

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I just did my frist set and it was kind of hard. I havn't done any kind of exercise since I had my baby,it been 9 months.
EMILY
July 25, 2012 at 7:46 pm

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when i read how to do these I was thinking this will not work at all! I won't feel anything...and then as I got into it...i really started to feel it! GREAT EASY workout!
EMILY
July 25, 2012 at 7:46 pm

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when i read how to do these I was thinking this will not work at all! I won't feel anything...and then as I got into it...i really started to feel it! GREAT EASY workout!

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