If you can’t do a push-up with proper form, don’t worry – you’re far from alone, and there are alternatives.Illustration: Carmen Casado/The Guardian Are push-ups really worth the hype? According to ...

Everyone thinks they know how to do a push-up, but many make positioning errors. Here's how to fix it for sure.

The air-push up is a brilliant and it helps you feel proper push-up form without actually doing a push up. While standing straight, extend your arms in front of you so that the top of your palm is in ...

This simple bodyweight test, recommended by top sports medicine experts, may reveal far more about your heart health than you ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Let’s be honest, you can’t get a more simple, yet effective, exercise for ...

One of the sounds echoing around #FitTok right now comes from Mel Robbins’ podcast. On March 3, the motivational expert and author was interviewing Dr. Vonda Wright, an orthopedic sports surgeon and ...

‘Every woman should be able to do 11 regular push-ups,’ orthopaedic surgeon and mobility and musculoskeletal ageing expert Dr Vonda Wright recently shared on the The Mel Robbins Podcast, explaining ...

Weight training is essential to good physical health and is especially important for aging well. A study by Harvard researchers found that middle-aged men who could do 20 push-ups had better heart ...

Mastering push-ups and pull-ups requires progressing from building strength to developing muscular endurance. Conquering your first repetition of these calisthenics exercises is a matter of strength, ...