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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  • How to do a standard push-up

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  • 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

  • Learn how to do a jump squat

  • How to do bent knee push-ups

  • 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

  • Learn how to do a jump squat

  • How to do bent knee push-ups

  • Upper body workout (11 min)

  • Take our push-up challenge!

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