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Modified push-up

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Modified push-up

Build upper body strength with the modified push-up. Celebrity fitness trainer Holly Rilinger shows how to take this exercise and turn it into a workout.

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Upper body workout (11 min)
Take our push-up challenge!

Up Next

How to do a standard push-up
Learn how to do a lower intensity modified plank
Learn how to do push-up on knees for beginners
How to do a standard squat
Forward lunge
Learn how to do a lateral lunge
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Upper body workout (11 min)
Take our push-up challenge!

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