If you do the PT Pyramid enough, you will find it to be a great challenge at first, and you can mark your progress each time you do it. There is a warmup, max-out and cooldown in every PT pyramid.

You do push-ups primarily to increase arm strength and tone those triceps. When you want to train the rest of your body, you whip out the squats, planks, and burpees. But there's a way to work your ...

Push-ups are one of the most effective bodyweight exercises around. They recruit every major muscle group, challenging your upper body, core, glutes, and legs. Plus, you can do push-ups anywhere—so ...

Push-ups are a full-body exercise that mainly strengthens your upper body. Doing variations of the push-up can help keep any bodyweight routine interesting and effective. Variations like the box ...

Great push-up form starts with a rigid plank. Your arms should be fully extended, with your hands, elbows, and shoulders all in line, and your feet should be no more than 12 inches apart--the closer ...

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Adding exercises to the PT pyramid, an already perfect workout, is a risky move. As you get into better shape, you might find that the 1-10-1 PT pyramid of pull-ups, push-ups and sit-ups starts to get ...

Push-ups have long been the bane of my existence; I could barely do them in elementary school, and I can barely do them now. It’s not actually the movement that’s the problem, but more so the ...

The humble push-up is one of the greatest general conditioning exercises for climbers, and you can do them anywhere, no equipment required. "You always have ground," says Steve House, co-founder of ...