Push-ups

"Push-ups"

"Push-ups" are a strengthening exercise whose purpose is to develop strength in the upper arm and shoulder muscles. Start the exercise by lying face down on the floor with your feet about shoulders' distance apart and on your toes. Place your hands just in front of and slightly to the outside of your shoulders. Keeping your back straight, "push-up" with your arms to the raised or up position. Maintaining control, lower yourself to within a fist's height of the floor -- do not touch the floor; return to the up position. Do as many repetitions as you can.


Starting (Up) Position	Lowered (down) Position


Middle, left: Lower position should be about 1 "fists' height" from the floor (Here demonstrated by Mrs. Edeanne Howes). Middle, right: Animated .gif demonstrating the exercise. Bottom, left: An mpeg video demonstrating the exercise in real time. Right: "advanced" push-ups video Double-clicking the video images will cause the video to download and play in your default video player. Holding down the "shift" key and double-clicking will give you the option of saving it and playing it later. (119KB each)