On a day where you can’t go to the gym, a simple work out only involving pushups can be the answer.  Pushups will help you maintain your strength, and also give you a nice tone to your mid section, and the best part about it is: you don’t have to leave your home.  Pushups are used all over the world and have many different strategies to shape and tone your upper body almost as good as any weight machinery.  There are different types of pushups such as: close and wide grip, elevated feet or hands, and you can put your knees on the ground.  These different forms of pushups work different parts of the chest, triceps, and mid section which can get you toned and keep you feeling good. Here’s a simple work out that deals strictly with pushups.
Simple Pushup Work Out:
-3 sets of 20 standard pushups- This is a warm up for the work out, it is simple and it gets the blood pumping in the chest and triceps. Rest about 45 seconds between each set.
-4 sets of 20 close grip pushups- This works the triceps more than the chest. If you do these correctly with your hands close together, then this will increase your arm strength quickly. Rest about 45 seconds between each set.
-4 sets of 25 wide grip pushups- This works the chest better than anything, it stretches out the chest and will make your chest burn. Rest about 45 seconds between each set.
-4 sets of 20 elevated pushups- This works the different muscles of the chest, it switches things up for the chest and triceps which will increase the muscle growth and tone. Rest about 45 seconds between each set. Rest about 45 seconds between each set.
-4 sets of 15 military pushups- This is the hardest part of the workout, you do a regular pushup except you push yourself off the ground and clap your hands and bring it back down to repeat. Rest about a minute between each set.
-Burnout- After all your sets are complete, just finish out by trying to do as many pushups as you can. If you don’t want to do that, just try and do 100 pushups in as little sets as you can.
This pushup work out is simple, it’s fast, and it will give you a great burn.

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