He lay still, his hands and feet keeping his tensed body just above the ground like the downstroke of one long press-up. From Wordnik.com. [It's October, 1956.] Reference
But if it hadn't been that Knight decided he needed a blademan, Harcourt wouldn't have bothered doing the first press-up. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
He lay still, his hands and feet keeping his tensed body just above the ground like the downstroke of one lo n g press-up. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
Then come all the way back down the pyramid to 1 x press-up. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
In the latest instalment of her 10-week series, she attempts the press-up pyramid. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
That bit about how he "went from being a puny weakling to the world press-up record-holder". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
LaLanne, who died aged 96 from pneumonia, went from being a puny weakling to the world press-up record-holder. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Trainer Josiah Middaugh suggests a plank to press-up for core strengthing in preparation for snowshoeing this winter. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
Chaturanga (the foundation of almost every yoga class) is performed against the barre in an exercise similar to a press-up to work the pectoral muscles of the chest and the deltoids in the arm. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
I decided to try a press-up. From Wordnik.com. [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference
The exercise: Bosu plank press-up. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
1 x press-up, 1 second's rest. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
2 x press-up, 2 seconds 'rest. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
3 x press-up, 3 seconds 'rest. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
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