press-up

(Gymnastics) an exercise in which the body is alternately raised from and lowered to the floor by the arms only, the trunk being kept straight with the toes and hands resting on the floor. Also called (US and Canadian): push-up

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Noun

press-up - an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms

pushup

arm exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles

widegrip pushup - a pushup with the arms widely separated

Translations

press-up

[ˈpresʌp] N (Brit) → flexión f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

press-up

[ˈprɛsˌʌp] n (Brit) → flessione f sulle braccia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

press-up

→ تـَمْرِينُ الضَّغْط klik armbøjning Liegestütz κάμψη και τάση των αγκώνων flexión punnerrus pompe sklek flessione 腕立て伏せ 팔굽혀펴기 opdrukoefening armheving pompka flexão de braço отжимание на руках armhävning การวิดพื้น şınav çekmek chống đẩy 俯卧撑

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Kadyrov, who is close to Russian president Putin and also the leader of Chechyna, said: "He did 1,000 press-ups in the shortest time - 40 minutes 57 seconds; 2000 press-ups in the shortest time - 1 hour 30 minutes 47 seconds; the largest number of press ups in one hour - 1419 times; as well as the biggest number of press-ups in 2 hours - 2559 times and, finally, he did 3000 push-ups in the shortest time - 2 hours 22 minutes 09 seconds."

Boy, 5, smashes six world records with more than 3,000 consecutive press-ups; Rakhim Kurayev, from Chechyna, has been dubbed the "five-year-old Schwarzenegger" and won a [pounds sterling]28k Mercedes for his freakish strength

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The activities included hockey, throwing bean bags into hoops, zigzagging through cones with a ball, balloon races and press ups. Music played throughout the activities and when it stopped, everybody changed activity.

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Chatting about being put through her paces, she added: "I got shouted at a lot - if we answered back, we had to do press ups and squats.

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Easy press ups: Somehow the words easy and press ups don't quite go together, but there is an adapted version of press ups you can do every morning, while you are waiting for the kettle to boil, for the morning cuppa.

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