The muscles worked by push-ups include the chest, shoulders, back, core, and arm muscles. This exercise is a great addition to any workout. There are several ways to modify or amplify your push-ups.

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Push-ups work multiple upper-body and core muscles simultaneously, making them a functional, efficient strength exercise.Push-up capacity varies widely, but higher reps ...

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Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Simple exercises, like push-ups, can build full-body ...

The push-up (or press-up, or push-up, take your pick) is the do-everything, no-kit exercise for the upper body – and maybe one of the best overall exercises you can do, period. Every body is different ...