Pushups

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Takes care of, as you already know, the chest, upper back, shoulders and triceps and is an awesome exercise for the stabilizer muscles of the torso and lower back. The great thing about this exercise is its versatility as can be seen in the following video's of three pushup exercises: 

EQI Pushups: https://youtu.be/WIwA1_3ix3Y AND https://youtu.be/vW7wjP74yTw

Hindus Pushup: https://youtu.be/vQsQAiE0NQo

Pushup Plus: https://youtu.be/62mAIzn6LIc

In addition, as per my past articles involving special pushups like the challenge pushup, you really have to be careful especially as the challenge pushups add more distance from when the shoulders reach the same plane as the hands because as you go a bit deeper, going past that plane putting the shoulders and chest deeper and close to the ground (depending on the length of the third support leg in the challenge pushup bars). 

To really challenge yourself, remember to take great care in experimenting and do NOT do this if you are NOT already in fit, healthy and strong shape. You can vary how you do the pushups, i.e., in lieu of keeping the elbows closer to the body, put them at a 90 degree position out to the sides of the body. You can also perform the above three pushups using the challenge bars with one strong, important and critical caveat... "DO NOT ATTEMPT them unless you are in peak condition, shape and fitness with emphasis on experience with pushups because it is way to easy when extending motion in exercise to strain, sprain and injure tendons and muscles. Example: I did a type of pushup to enhance my form and structure and stabilizing ability that cause both rotator cuffs to strain and injure the area and now I am restricted to what type of pushups I can attempt. 

As shown in the snapshot, one can vary their feet, hands and positions, i.e., example putting the feet at a plane equal or higher than the position of the upper body in pushup start position. All these variations will challenge, change and strengthen the muscles, etc., in different ways enhancing one's strength and stabilizing ability. 

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