Planks and push-ups can be intimidating, but this modified push-up and plank workout can help you ease into the moves by introducing variations that can be both progressed and regressed. That’s where ...

Fitness tests often use a modified push-up to assess women’s upper-body strength, but most healthy women are capable of performing full push-ups. (Video: Alexa Juliana Ard / The Washington Post) What ...

Sure, the push-up is a bodyweight exercise, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy—in fact, it can be really challenging to master. That’s why push-up modifications (basically, less intense versions of the ...

Start in a prone position with your hands close to your shoulders so that your hands are just underneath the shoulders. Bend your knees to 90 degrees. Focus on maintaining a neutral spine by engaging ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than a mere exercise, the humble push-up can be viewed as nothing less than a metaphor for life itself. Think of its motion as mirroring the cyclical, up-and-down nature of ...

Push-ups are a fantastic way to build upper-body strength, but most people do them incorrectly out of the gate. We asked Frank Daniels, owner of Max Impact Training in White Plains (914-424-5703; ...

Yes, you can do push-ups while pregnant. Get your arms ready to hold that little one with these smart strength training ideas. Can you do push-ups while pregnant? Yes, but you should know a few things ...