Is there a “best exercise“? If there was one all round exercise that everybody should perform on a regular basis, what would it be? Well, the answer seems to be the mighty, noble, and often neglected, push up (or press up, if you prefer).
Considered the ultimate measure of fitness by many experts, and an exercise that the American College of Sports Medicine suggests should replace softer exercises, such as gentle Pilates and yoga postures, that are often adopted into fitness routines nowadays. It may be Old School, but it is still extremely effective.
There are many variations of the push up, ranging from the standard military style push up, to the one-handed push-up for the supremely athletic (as demonstrated by Sly Stallone in the Rocky films), but the basic principle remains the same
Source: Old School Fitness – The Push Up | Get Fit and Lose Weight http://www.motleyhealth.com/articles/2008/06/old-school-fitness-push-up.html#ixzz0wryNHkJn
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