We suspect that several trillion pushups have been performed in homes around the world since COVID-19 shut down gyms and training centers. The pushup is considered by most to be the de facto upper body exercise when no equipment is available. ⠀ ⠀ The pushup is a great exercise and one we commonly use at Athletic Lab even under the best of circumstances. We rank it as one of the very best upper body exercises for its efficiency, functionality and versatility. It can be scaled and modified to suit practically any fitness level or physical training stimulus. ⠀ ⠀ Many mistakenly believe that the pushup is limited to the default variation. For stronger athletes the default variation may fail to challenge outside of very high rep / high volume schemes. This shortchanges this incredibly versatile exercise. While the pushup is quite simple to scale down, making it more difficult can be less obvious. There are pushup options to challenge even the strongest of athlete. ⠀ ⠀ Check out some of thes...