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Definition of Pushups
1. pushup [n] - See also: pushup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushups
Literary usage of Pushups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders: An Implementation Evaluation of Three by Blair B. Borque (1997)
"The test consisted of repetitions of pushups in 1 minute, repetitions of situps in 2
... Table 6.5 shows the pretest and posttest mean number of pushups and ..."
2. Revitalize Your Life: Improve Your Looks, Your Health & Your Sex Lifeby Jack Lalanne by Jack Lalanne (2003)
"Age 42: Set a record of 1 ,033 pushups in 23 minutes on "You Asked for It" TV
... Age 45: Completed 1000 pushups and 1000 chinups in 1 hour and 22 minutes. ..."
3. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"Even when you're standing around the guns doing nothing, you can do pushups, deep
knee bends, deep breathing exercises, high kicking exercises, ..."
4. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"And I did my chin-ups and pushups, and skipping a rope, and roadwork on the
beaches, and running around the ship on my jogging track. ..."
5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The wheelchair user must develop the habit of frequent pushups and position changes.
Special wheelchair cushions help, but none yet developed offers total ..."
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