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2. Push-up - Wikipedia

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   The push-up requires the work of many muscle groups, with one of the primary muscle groups being the chest muscles, the pectoralis major and the minor. [7] These are the two large chest muscles and the main pushing muscle group of the upper body. When pushing and lowering the body during a push-up, the pectoralis major is doing most of the work.

3. Experts Explain What Push-Ups Do—and How to Do Them ... - AOL

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4. The Muscles You're Actually Working When You Do a Pushup - AOL

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5. How Many Pushups Is Too Many for a Single Day? - AOL

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   Keeping all those factors in mind, Samuel says you should be able to work up to three sets of 20 to 25 pushups a day, if you really want to. ... we have the pectorals as the main driver, then the ...

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   Major variants: incline ~ (more emphasis on the upper pectorals), decline ~ (more emphasis on the lower pectorals), narrow grip ~ (more emphasis on the triceps), push-up (face down using the body weight), neck press (with the bar over the neck, to isolate the pectorals), vertical dips (using parallel dip bars) or horizontal dips (using two ...

7. This chest workout will improve your posture and upper-body ...

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   The pectoralis major, the larger of the two chest muscles, is responsible for movements such as pushing, lifting and rotating the arm. Exercises like pushups , chest presses and chest flys ...

8. Pectoralis major - Wikipedia

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   It makes up the bulk of the chest muscles and lies under the breast. Beneath the pectoralis major is the pectoralis minor muscle. The pectoralis major arises from parts of the clavicle and sternum, costal cartilages of the true ribs, and the aponeurosis of the abdominal external oblique muscle; it inserts onto the lateral lip of the bicipital ...

9. Here's Exactly What Happens to Your Body if You Do 10 Pushups ...

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   "For older adults, do not get on the floor to do pushups unless you know that you can get up off the floor on your own." To do a classic pushup : Get into a plank position, placing your hands ...