Push Up Exercise: Description, Steps, Muscles Involved, Variations and Biomechanics

Description and Analysis
of Push Up Exercise
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Description of Push Up
 Simplest form of exercise
which measures the
fitness of whole body
 Uses body as
counterweight
 Involves upper torso and
core simultaneously
 Engages the whole body
muscles including chest,
arms, shoulder, hips,
abdomen and legs
muscles (Borreani et al.,
2015)

Steps of Push Up
 Getting down on the
floor on all fours
 Lowering body closer to
the floor without
touching
 Get back in the initial
position by pushing