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The Anatomy of a Push Up

A deep dive on the iconic exercise

Ben Walker
7 min readMar 17, 2021

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Welcome to a movement dissection 101, today looking at a classic exercise that every teenage boy has pumped out on their bedroom floor (NO NOT THAT).

The push up.

Also known as a press up, the push up is synonymous with upper body strength. For many it’s where we started our fitness efforts, for others it might…

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Ben Walker
In Fitness And In Health

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