press-up

Prone strength movement

A press-up is the British term for what Americans call a push-up—an exercise where you lie face down, place your hands beneath your shoulders, and push your body up by straightening your arms: I do fifty press-ups every morning.

The name describes the motion: pressing the body up from the floor.

exercise

plank

Flat timber piece

  • burpeeFour-part bodyweight exercise
  • repsExercise iteration count
  • formShape or document

calisthenics · bodyweight · workout · routine · core · pushup · squat · lunge · crunch · situp

fitness

training

Developing abilities through practice

conditioning · strength · endurance · stamina · flexibility · regimen · gym · coach · discipline · health

technique

form

Shape or document

elbow · wrist · shoulder · diamond · military · clap · pike · staggered · tempo · depth

Opposites
exercise movement direction

press-upsit-up

Abdominal strengthening exercise

pull-up · chin-up · crunch · leg raise · squat

pushing vs pulling motion

press-uppull-up

Self-hoisting bar exercise

chin-up · face pull

Family

pressure

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G