push up

Chest-to-floor exercise

Push up has meanings that share an upward direction.

To push up is to raise something: Push up your sleeves.

A push-up is an exercise where you lower your body to the floor and push yourself back up with your arms.

A push-up bra lifts the breasts for enhanced cleavage.

To push up daisies is to be dead and buried—feeding flowers from below.

exercise

reps

Exercise iteration count

bodyweight · workout · core · form · set · repetition · circuit · plyometrics · HIIT · bootcamp

anatomy

chest

Ribcage region or strongbox

deltoids · core · abs · arms · upper body · muscle · serratus · lats · wrists · forearms

elevate

lift

Mechanism for vertical transport

prop · support · jack · lever · brace · upraise · heighten

strength

power

Energy transfer rate

  • muscleContractile body tissue
  • forceStrength or compulsion
  • brawnMuscular power, bodily might

resistance · intensity · progression · endurance · stamina · toughness · fatigue · burn · max · failure

military

drill

Hole-boring device

bootcamp · PT · punishment · formation · cadence · infantry · basic training · discipline · inspection · squad

toning

sculpting

Shaping material into forms

physique · leanness · conditioning · shaping · aesthetics · muscle tone · chiseling · contour · body composition

variation

diamond

Crystallized carbon gemstone

archer · pike · spiderman · knuckle · fingertip · staggered · explosive · slow · weighted · Hindu

Categories
Opposites
direction of force/movement

push uppush down

Apply force downward

press down · pull down · push under · lower · bear down

EXERCISE TYPE (as a calisthenic)

push uppull-up

Self-hoisting bar exercise

pull up · chin-up · chin up · row · lat pulldown

numerical/quantity adjustment

push uppush down

Apply force downward

pull down · bring down · lower · reduce · decrease

Family

pushups

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G