Proponents of bodyweight fitness — which describes most personal trainers these days, medical professionals and me — are fond of reminding people that getting in shape is as simple as getting on the ...

Performing around forty push-ups signals significantly lower heart attack and stroke risks, according to neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar. A study on firefighters revealed a 96% reduced risk of major ...

Find out more about the inclined plane, the pulley and the screw. Find out more about three of the six simple machines: the inclined plane, the pulley and the screw. These simple machines make work ...

Back straight, head up, hands shoulder-width apart, toes taut, chin to floor -- then push up. You don’t have to do a world record 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes, as Jack LaLanne did in 1956 -- or 10,507 ...