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Bryony Firth-Bernard

Mike Tyson push-ups: the underrated bodyweight exercise for upper body strength and power

A man performing push-ups.

Let’s be honest, you can’t get a more simple, yet effective, exercise for building upper body strength than the basic push-up. But, once you become a push-up pro, you’ll probably be looking to add some extra challenge to the movement in one way or another. Enter the Mike Tyson push-up.

The heavyweight boxing champ was renowned for his callisthenic, weight-free, training regime back in his heyday, which included the humble push-up. However, whether this is the exact type of push-up Tyson did isn’t entirely clear, but, it's been gaining popularity. One guy who's a big advocate of the move is calisthenics expert, Daniel Vadnal, who recently shared a video on its benefits.

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