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Push-Up Benchmarks for Men Age 45 and Up: Where Do You Line Up?

Push-ups are a reliable snapshot of upper-body muscular endurance and trunk stability. For men in their mid‑40s and beyond, ...
The New York Times

4 Fitness Tests Trainers Swear By

Starting a new workout routine? Just curious where you stand? Use these exercises to measure your fitness. Starting a new workout routine? Just curious where you stand? Use these exercises to measure ...
The New York Times

Drop and Give Me … One

Push-up challenges are trending. Before you try for 100 reps, focus on getting the exercise right. By Danielle Friedman This week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Health and Human Services ...
Health.com

We Asked 5 Fitness Experts the Best Way to Modify a Push-Up—They All Said the Same Thing

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Push-ups work your chest, arms, core, and legs all at ...