I don't know if a single woman in there was doing push-ups. Most were dropping their shoulders a little bit then dropping their pelvis to the floor and calling it a "push-up." (Of course, I had to close my office door after watching/reading that and do 20 real push-ups
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...researchers have shown that the wrist alone is subjected to an impact force equal to about one body weight...
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Unrelated to push-ups: There were several paragraphs in that article about doing push-ups to strengthen your wrists so that you can catch yourself when you fall and not break your wrists. I understand the point they were trying to make, but your wrists are a bad place to land when you fall, even though it's instinctive to reach out to the floor. I dislocated my elbow by catching myself on my wrist, even though I knew better. Instead, try to land in the Plank position, forearms flat on the ground and head turned to one side. It might sting your forearms more, but you're less likely to break or dislocate anything. (Had to throw that in; those paragraphs made me cringe.)