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In push up you use your triceps muscle and serratus anterior muscle. It is such a powerful muscle that you can say that you push the earth away form your body. (Thanks to the great scientist Einstein, for his theory of relativity.)

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What muscles allow you to do push ups?

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How do you work out triceps with free weights?

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