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Exert on up, relax on down (use gravity).

Touch elbows to knees and shoulders to floor.Hands behind head and fingers interlocked.Used by Army, FBI and other law enforcement agencies.For some ideas to stretch and build lower-back balance to support this exercise, check out the lower-back plan. This requires some lower-back strength as well as hip flexor and psoas strength and flexibility. The difference between this exercise and the crunch is the hands are interlocked behind the head and you have to lift your entire back off the floor. There are a few groups who use regular sit-ups as a testing exercise.

Touch your chest to someone's fist on the ground to keep an accurate count of full push-ups.

Elbows bend 90 degrees in the down position but should be at about 45-degree angles between the torso and shoulder.

Proper hand placement: Just outside of shoulder width with fingers pointing forward at a slight outward angle.

Learning how to ace a fitness test is required for most groups, but doing sets of countless push-ups usually is required in most indoctrination training programs. Here are some tips for the exercise that has been around for thousands of years. The push-up is the most commonly used exercise in military, law enforcement and firefighter training programs. On the other hand, if your goal is weight gain, then you may want to focus on adding in more calorie-dense foods, such as sweet potatoes, avocados, nuts, and soy products.The first section is the most common section: Push-ups In How Not to Diet, I noted: “A systematic review of successful weight-loss strategies concluded that given the metabolic slowing and increased appetite that accompanies weight loss, to achieve significant weight loss, calorie counts may need to drop as low as 1,200 calories a day for women and 1,500 calories a day for men.”

If your goal is weight loss, you can find more information in How Not to Diet and the accompanying Twenty-One Tweaks. That’s the great thing about the Daily Dozen Checklist-it’s not a one size fits all approach, and can be adapted to your needs. Consider the Other Vegetables category: a cup of bell peppers has a much lower caloric density than a cup of cooked sweet potatoes, therefore the caloric range will depend on your specific food choices. The Daily Dozen averages about 1,200 calories, but given the wide array of food choices in each category, it can range anywhere from 800-1800.