PUSH-UP


Meaning of PUSH-UP in English

noun

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A beginner starts with about 25 push-ups and then gradually over the following months builds the count up to 100.

Even the opening titles rolled over some naked panting, which merely turned out to be Levin doing his morning push-ups.

Hand conditioning: knuckle push-ups, taking care to keep the body straight.

I would start shaving regularly, taking fruit salts in the morning, and doing push-ups before breakfast; no naps.

It is followed by traditional push-ups.

Sometimes his thinking failed altogether and he found himself doing push-ups instead.

Then he did exercises he had learned in the Armystraddle jumps, deep knee bends, sit-ups and push-up .

With that mind-set, everything else becomes secondary to the ability to deliver the next quarterly earnings push-up .

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