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Learn a full push-up

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    Start at a wall or counter.

    The push-up pattern at an easy angle. Hands under shoulders, body one straight line.

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    Brace before you bend.

    Squeeze the glutes, tuck the ribs. The plank is the exercise; the arms just move it.

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    Lower in three seconds.

    Elbows at forty-five degrees, chest leads, hips never sag.

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    Lower the angle over weeks.

    Wall, counter, bench, floor from the knees, floor. Own ten clean reps before each step down.

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    Full range or it does not count.

    Chest to a fist-height from the floor, full lockout at the top.

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