Fitness Tip: The push-up is one of the world’s greatest exercises. Maintain a rigid body line from the top of your head to your heels throughout the push.

Fitness Tip: If your hands and forearms give out before your back and legs, alternate your grip. It will ease the pressure on your hands, wrists and arms.

Fitness Tip: Take up rock-climbing. It is an excellent way to improve fitness, gain upper body strength and tone many a muscle.

Fitness Tip: Arching your back on the bench press may enable you to lift more weight, but it puts your back and spine at risk of injury.

Fitness Tip: Mix up your workout. Create a challenge every time you exercise. Use a little more weight, rest 5-10 secs less between sets, add more reps, etc.

Fitness Tip: Not being able to do a pull-up doesn’t mean you should avoid the bar. Simply hanging on for as long as you can improves upper-body strength.