When performing a standard push-up, our hands should be placed on the ground... as close together as possible to make it the most challenging as close together as possible to make it the most challenging really wide to focus on chest development really wide to focus on chest development just outside our shoulders

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Explanation:

The statement given in the question or problem above is true or let's say it is correct. And the statement describes different kinds or types of push up.

Push up is a kind of excercise that is being done mainly to strengthen the arm and the cheat. The way one goes about it determines which part of the body one is strengthening.

The kind of push up in which one has to close up the gap between his or hands is known as the close push ups. This kind of push up strengthens the arm more than the other part of the body and the more one puts his or her hands closer the more problematic the push up excercise becomes.

Other types or kinds of push ups are the Slow Eccentric Push Ups, Wide Push Ups, Staggered Push Ups, T push ups, Fingertip Push Ups and many more.