Press-up

Navy Midshipmen doing push-ups after the Navy football team scored a touchdown.

A Press-up also called a push-up is an exercise move where a person lifts themself off the ground and back towards it with their arms. Press-ups help the pectoral muscles and triceps.

Press-up Media

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  Line art drawing of push up.

• Watch as Naval Special Warfare's Director of Fitness demonstrates proper push-up techniques required at BUD/S. While strength relative to body weight – required for pull-ups or rope climbing – is crucial for performance at BUD/S, pure strength is also desirable.

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  Military recruits will often perform push-ups as part of their physical training. Here, U.S. Marine recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego perform push-ups in May 2005, as a part of their basic recruit training.

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  The planche is a strength gymnastics move. It can be performed of the floor, or on the rings or parallel bars. This movement is also used in hand balancing, and bodyweight strength trainees use it to improve their strength.

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  Tandem push-up performed by Guinness World Record duo Kotsimpos-Dervas

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  The Hindu push-up, also known as a dand. This is the most basic version, similar to that used by Bruce Lee who referred to it as a cat stretch.

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  A U.S. Army servicemember demonstrates a one-arm push-up in an extended position.