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For the “seal hop,” a popular event on Saturday, athletes get into a push-up or plank position and shuffle across the floor on their knuckles — the same stealthy crawl their ancestors used during a hunt to sneak up on unsuspecting seals napping on the ice.

“They’re very coquettish. They reveal, they conceal. It’s like a push-up bra,” said 53-year-old Andrew Joseph.

Newsom claimed that Biden can catch a baseball in his sleep like Robert DeNiro in “Awakenings” while Jean-Pierre went over a presidential schedule that includes leading a SoulCycle class and winning a push-up contest.

The test: Schools had the option of giving kids either a pull-up or push-up test, though many chose the former.

What it gets right: Exercise scientists agree that the push-up is a gold standard test, not only of upper body strength, but full-body strength and endurance, because it requires awareness of every part of your body, from head to toes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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