If you’re looking to build upper body strength, push-ups are about to be your new best friend. Some people might be surprised to hear that push-ups aren’t only about upper body strength — they use ...

Push-ups are a reliable snapshot of upper-body muscular endurance and trunk stability. For men in their mid‑40s and beyond, they also track capacity that protects shoulders, supports daily tasks, and ...

How many push-ups can you do — and how does that stack up with others your age? That was the question posed by "FOX & Friends," which invited viewers to send in their own videos showing their push-up ...

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 ...

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The ability to perform push-ups—a seemingly simple bodyweight exercise—has emerged as a surprising predictor of overall health and longevity, sparking a viral fitness trend that challenges ...

If fitness content seeps into your social feeds, you've likely seen something about an 11 push-up challenge. A bunch of people on TikTok and Instagram have been showing off their ability to hit this ...

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The push-up (or press-up) is the do-everything, no-kit exercise for the upper body – and maybe one of the best overall exercises you can do, period. If your motivations are more immediately ...

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 ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Push-ups work your chest, arms, core, and legs all at ...