The lowdown on pushup

Whether you’re an athlete in a forced hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic or just an ordinary person who wants to keep fit during community quarantine, you can't go wrong choosing bodyweight calisthenics for conditioning.

Bodyweight calisthenics are exercises that use the practitioner’s own bodyweight as resistance. Resistance within the context of strength training means stressing a muscle with a load or training it to move against a force. When using free weights, the load comes from the weight of a dumbbell or a barbell; in bodyweight calisthenics, the load is the practitioner’s own weight.