Muscles Targeted:

• Push-ups are a great body weight and compound exercise that target the chest, shoulders, and triceps.

Form:

• Some common mistakes when it comes to performing push-ups are, not getting your chest over your hands, flaring the elbows out too much, or dropping the hips.

• It’s also important to retract the shoulders and keep your chest up to isolate the pec better.

Rep Ranges:

• This exercise can be performed at any rep range. If performing push-ups are too difficult, begin by performing them with the hands in an elevated position such as in a smith machine or on a bench.

• To increase difficulty perform push-ups at the back end of a superset, circuit, or even entire workout. Elevating the feet can also make the exercise more challenging but be aware that the shoulders will also be targeted more this way.