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How to do a standard push-up

Learn how to do a proper standard push-up and tone your arms with celebrity fitness trainer Holly Rilinger.


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Up Next

  • Modified push-up

  • How to do a standard squat

  • Learn how to do a lateral lunge

  • Learn how to do a lower intensity modified plank

  • Forward lunge

  • Learn how to do push-up on knees for beginners

  • 3 simple moves for arm toning

  • Learn how to do a jump squat

  • How to do bent knee push-ups

  • How to do a proper crunch

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