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push-up

[′pu̇sh‚əp]
(engineering)
Concave bottom contour of a plastic container; allows an even bearing surface on the outer edge and prevents the container from rocking.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Since they had the pushup data, the researchers slipped it in as a second data set in their examination of current fitness and later heart problems, categorizing the men by how many pushups they could complete: zero to 10 11 to 20 21 to 30 31 to 40 and 40-plus.They then ran numbers.
Now increase the speed of your pushups by lowering down for one count and pressing up for one count.
Take a pushup position and drive your right knee forward as far as you can but keep your right foot from touching the floor.
Since July, barbers Steve Landry, Scott Cordeiro, Ron Savoy and Tina Gemborys have been doing pushups to raise money for playground renovations in Gardner.
Do a pushup and repeat the process, this time moving to the right and doing another pushup.
Fitness Fact: Experts say at age 60 a man should be able to do 17 pushups; 6 for a woman.
Thanks to unique rotating handles and a nonslip base, the hands turn the Perfect Pushup 90[degrees], directing the elbows toward the body to maximize strength in the arms, shoulders, chest, back, and abs while reducing joint strain.
After a water break, do leg kickbacks from a pushup position with both hands on the floor or on the sides of a medicine ball (more difficult version).
The old-fashioned pushup, for example, uses one's own body for the weight and the floor to create the resistance.
Get into a pushup position with your shoulders stacked over your hands, holding your core tight.
Louis based tech startup Pushup Social, will be speaking at their upcoming Start Up Your Startup: Smart Strategies for New Business Success event.