Welcome back to the Morning Brief——brought to you by one of America’s largest independent newspapers—The Epoch Times. 

It’s Wednesday October 14th, and I’m Keegan Billings.

Let’s jump right in.

Good morning, happy Wednesday! Here are today’s top stories. 

• decisions by voters in the November midterms are set to shape the balance of power in Washington and beyond. I’ll get into some of the top races to watch

• The U.S. Treasury fined Bank of America $1.21 billion for violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. 

• Artificial intelligence models may soon be able to self-replicate on devices many people have in their homes, Anthropic researchers said. 

• Trump said that he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his planned visit to Asia next month.

• 🍵 Health: Push-ups are magnificent body-weight exercises, but they can do more harm than good when poorly performed. We’ll get into some common mistakes as well as how to do push-ups properly.  

NOW, BACK TO OUR TOP STORY:

The Top 37 Races to Watch This Midterm

decisions by voters in the November midterms are set to shape the balance of power in Washington and beyond. Democrats are seeking to capitalize on favorability ratings that fell below 40 percent for Republicans in the latest RealClearPolitics summary of polling.

That’s expected for the sixth year of a president’s tenure, called the “six-year itch,” a time when the president’s party has historically lost seats in the House. With the House already closely divided, observers expect Democrats to reclaim the lower chamber this year. However, Democrats’ new margins in the House could also be slim, as a flurry of mid-decade redistricting has resulted in a slight edge for Republicans.

The Senate is seen as a more hotly contested battleground. Currently, Republicans hold 53 seats to Democrats’ 47. Just four pick-ups for Democrats—who are leading or holding their own in red states such as Iowa and Ohio—would flip the balance of the upper chamber.

And several progressive and outsider Democrats—some of whom have open ties to the Democratic Socialists of America or democratic socialist ideas—have made headlines in races across the nation. Republicans have said that Democrats are shifting too far left for the average American.

According to polling by Pew Research, Americans’ top concern at present is the economy, and by a wide margin. That poll found that economic issues were the driving political force this cycle for 29 percent of Americans. Data centers are also a top priority for voters as the primary season comes to a close.

Here are the top elections and candidates to watch this cycle.

Senate

Georgia

In Georgia, Republicans are again seeking to flip one of the state’s two Senate seats, which have been held by Democrats since 2020.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), elected to his first six-year term in a January 2021 runoff, is up for reelection. Republicans selected Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) to take him on.

Polls taken in the state have shown that Ossoff is favored to hold the seat, leading Collins in almost every poll so far.

In Maine, incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will take on former state Senate President Troy Jackson in one of the year’s top Senate fights.

Michigan’s Senate race features a showdown between an establishment Republican and a progressive outsider after Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) declined to run for reelection.

Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed won his primary over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) by a single point. He faced more than $60 million in outside spending in support of Stevens.

El-Sayed will take on former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the race.

Currently, he leads in the polls by about 4 points.

Analysts have said El-Sayed’s campaign reflects the outsider approach and populist energy seen among democratic socialist-aligned candidates.

Although Alaska is Republican-leaning, the Senate race between incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is proving competitive.

Sullivan has served in the Senate since 2015, and Peltola served in the U.S. House of Representatives between September 2022 and January 2025.

Because Peltola has shown viability in statewide elections in the single-district state, the Last Frontier is a top target for Democrats this year.

Iowa is also home to a competitive Senate race this year, between Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and state Rep. Josh Turek, a Democrat, after Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) declined to run for a third term.

Like others, the state had been seen as reliably Republican over the past several cycles, since Trump first won the state in 2016 with a nearly 10-point victory.

However, it was long known as a quintessential swing state.

As recently as 2012, the state drew intense national attention as a battleground. Now, some polls are showing that Iowa is in for a tighter Senate race this year, a pattern also being seen in neighboring Ohio.

Another key Senate battleground this year is Ohio, where former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is set for a November fight against incumbent Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio).

Brown was unseated just two years ago in the 2024 election, losing to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) by about 3.6 points.

Without the benefit of the “Trump effect,” Husted faces a race against a politically powerful opponent with deep name recognition in the state.

Husted was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to fill the seat held by Vance. The winner will serve out the final two years of Vance’s term.

In Texas, state Attorney General Ken Paxton is set for a heated November matchup against state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat, in one of the cycle’s most-watched races.

Paxton won a contentious primary against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) with the assistance of a strong endorsement from Trump.

In North Carolina, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is set to take on former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, in one of the 2026 cycle’s most crucial matchups.

The two are fighting to replace outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)—a critic of the Trump administration who announced last year that he wouldn’t seek reelection—after winning their nominations in March.

Gubernatorial

Georgia

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms looks to flip this seat to the Democrats, while billionaire Republican Rick Jackson seeks to keep it in Republican hands.

Bottoms’s platform consists of lowering healthcare costs and building more housing.

Jackson is running on a promise to freeze property taxes and to reduce and then eliminate the state income tax.

The winner will succeed Gov. Brian Kemp, who is ineligible to run for reelection because of Georgia’s term limits.

Iowa

Republicans are looking to hold this seat with farmer and businessman Zach Lahn, while Democrats look to win it back for the first time since 2011.

Lahn is a proponent of the Make America Healthy Again movement, running on a promise to fight what he said is a “cancer crisis” in Iowa.

The Democratic nominee, Rob Sand, is the state auditor.

Sand has led in every poll since June.

The winner will succeed Gov. Kim Reynolds, who declined to run for a third term.

Nevada

Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, is up for reelection.

He has touted his record as governor during the campaign, referencing his work to expand state savings, cut regulation, and boost employment.

Lombardo’s Democratic opponent is Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. He has promised affordable housing and said that he will address predatory practices by healthcare agents.

Ohio

Just as Ohio has drawn national attention to its House and Senate races, observers are also paying attention to its gubernatorial race this year.

Republican entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is running against Democrat Amy Acton, the state’s former health director.

Earlier this year, the Cook Political Report shifted the race’s rating to a toss-up, citing Acton’s polling leads and ties over the race despite Ramaswamy’s financial edge.

Arizona

In Arizona, Gov. Katie Hobbs is running for reelection, fielding a challenge from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.).

National issues—affordability, the impacts of Republican party-line cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and data centers—are factors in the race.

Local issues related to water access for Phoenix—a rapidly growing metropolis situated in the desert—have also been key factors in the race.

Hobbs has led Biggs by nearly a double-digit margin in every poll of the race conducted in 2026.

Michigan

Republicans have been looking to take back the Michigan gubernatorial mansion since they lost the seat in 2019.

The Republican nominee, Rep. John James (R-Mich.), has campaigned on implementing a parental bill of rights and enabling school choice.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is the Democrat facing James, running on a promise to increase the affordability of housing and other goods.

The winner will succeed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is term-limited.

Kansas

State Senate President Ty Masterson, a Republican, will face state Sen. Cindy Holscher, a Democrat, in the closely watched fight for the governor’s mansion of Kansas.

Masterson, who was endorsed by Trump, won the crowded Republican primary on Aug. 4 in a landslide.

Masterson has said he wants to cut taxes, bring jobs to Kansas, and raise pay for teachers, while Holscher is running on a platform to lower the cost of living.

Although Kansas is known as a red state at the federal level, contests have been closer at the state level. The mansion is currently occupied by Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat.

House

In Texas’s 34th Congressional District, which is one of the Lone Star State’s most evenly split seats, incumbent Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) is seeking to hold off a challenge from Republicans, who see the House district as a potential pickup opportunity.

The seat was among those redrawn by the state legislature last year at the request of the White House.

North Carolina 1st Congressional District

In North Carolina’s First Congressional District, Republicans selected retired Army Col. Laurie Buckhout as their nominee on March 3, setting up a November rematch against incumbent Rep. Don Davis (D-N.C.).

The district was altered to favor Republicans, although analysts still consider the seat competitive.

Ohio will also host a handful of key House races that will affect control of Congress next year.

In the Seventh Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) faces a tough path to reelection amid abuse allegations by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, which Miller has denied.

Miller’s Democratic opponent, union ironworker and Brook Park city councilman Brian Poindexter, has been endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

In the Ninth Congressional District, incumbent Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur hopes to hold onto her seat in a rematch from 2024 with former state Rep. Derek Merrin.

Kaptur has been in Congress since 1983, while Merrin is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives and has touted his record in the state legislature.

Several critical races are being held in Pennsylvania, one of the most narrowly split national battlegrounds.

This year, Pennsylvania voters—who backed Trump in 2024—are heavily driven by economic concerns.

Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District is represented by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.), who was first elected to Congress in 2024.

The district is a top target for Democrats. Firefighter union leader Bob Brooks, running with the endorsement of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, is their nominee.

Pennsylvania’s Eighth Congressional District is represented by Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.), who was first elected to Congress in 2024.

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, a Democrat, will take him on in the swing district.

Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District is represented by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), who has been in Congress for nearly 14 years.

Former news anchor Janelle Stelson, a Democrat, is running again for the seat after a 2024 loss.

Several key House races will also be held in Iowa.

In the First Congressional District, incumbent Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is defending her seat against former Democratic state Rep. Christina Bohannan.

In South Carolina’s only swing district, Democrats are hoping for a repeat of 2018, when former Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.) pulled off an upset win in the Republican-leaning, Charleston-based district.

This year, incumbent Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) won’t be on the ballot after she made an unsuccessful bid for South Carolina governor.

Instead, Democrat Nancy Lacore, a retired Navy vice admiral, will take on Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt. Both candidates won their nominations in runoff primary elections.

Key House races are also set to be held in New York.

In the 17th Congressional District, incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Lawler faces Democrat Cait Conley, a special ops combat veteran.

The race for Lawler’s seat is a top priority for Democrats.

Arizona House Races

Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) is retiring after serving in Congress since 2011, leaving his highly competitive First Congressional District seat open.

Democrats ultimately nominated former Arizona House of Representatives Rep. Amish Shah, while Republicans nominated former NFL kicker and analyst Jay Feely.

Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District, meanwhile, is represented by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), who has been in Congress since 2023.

Democrats nominated JoAnna Mendoza, a Marine veteran whose post-military career has cent

AND MORE ON POLITICS:

• The U.S. Treasury fined Bank of America $1.21 billion for violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. 

  according to the Treasury the penalty is for the bank’s failure to mitigate and report priority national security risks, including Chinese money laundering networks and illicit finance along the southwest border,

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

“When a bank of this size fails to meet its anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations, the consequences extend far beyond its own walls, exposing the entire U.S. financial system to significant illicit finance risks,” 

Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the United States and the sixth-largest in the world, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a treasury bureau that regulates and supervises banks and financial institutions.

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said in a statement. 

“Every year, [Bank of America] processes hundreds of trillions of dollars in transactions across the globe,” “It has a high—and increasing—risk profile for money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities.”

Almost two years ago, the bank signed an order with the agency and committed to fixing problems found in its compliance with the federal Bank Secrecy Act, Gould said.

according to the agency.

The bank’s compliance program continues to show widespread breakdowns in internal controls, which threatens national and economic security, 

The Act requires banks, financial institutions, and some businesses to help government agencies detect and prevent money laundering, tax evasion, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.

• The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether a federal judge improperly ordered broad discovery against DOGE in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit

 The case  pits a watchdog group’s demand for records against the government’s claim that the order reaches too deeply into internal executive branch advice.

The decision took the form of an unsigned order without comment. No justices dissented.

Discovery is part of the evidence-gathering process in litigation.

The new case isn’t about DOGE’s policies—it concerns whether the office has to hand over its records under FOIA.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed the underlying lawsuit in federal court in Washington in February 2025.

Four days after President Donald Trump created DOGE, CREW filed a FOIA request seeking all communications between the DOGE administrator and DOGE staff and all communications with “any federal agency.” 

DOGE denied the request, saying that because it reports to the Executive Office of the President and assists the president, it was subject to the Presidential Records Act, not FOIA. Weeks later, the group sued, seeking a preliminary injunction requiring DOGE to produce the requested documents, according to the government’s petition.

• Federal regulators are proposing revised emergency restrictions for four opioid-like compounds associated with kratom, a plant from Southeast Asia.

Federal regulators have been scrutinizing kratom for about a decade after reports of addiction, injury, and overdose. Users and distributors have long opposed efforts to regulate it, saying kratom could be a safer alternative to opioid painkillers that sparked the ongoing drug addiction epidemic.

The (DEA) is targeting 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), found naturally in kratom, and three chemically related substances: mitragynine pseudoindoxyl (MGPI), ​MGM-15, and MGM-16.

Products containing 7-OH are increasingly marketed as gummies and drinks, including at gas stations and convenience stores across the United States. MGPI, MGM-15, and MGM-16 are already Schedule I substances. 7-OH has not yet been federally scheduled.

The measures aim to distinguish natural botanical kratom products with trace amounts of 7-OH from those with intentionally enhanced or concentrated compounds, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in an Oct. 9 statement.

• A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for his part in the 1996 death of rapper Tupac Shakur.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faced the potential of life without the possibility of parole after he was convicted of orchestrating the drive-by shooting that killed the hip-hop star.

A five-time convicted felon at the time of Shakur’s death, Davis was arrested in 2023 for Shakur’s murder and has said on multiple occasions he will appeal his conviction.

Before the sentence was handed down on Oct. 13, prosecutors argued against the minimum sentence, telling Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny in Nevada that Shakur’s murder was a “uniquely painful situation.”

Shakur was shot on Sept. 7, 1996, while in the passenger seat of an SUV driven by record executive Marion “Suge” Knight.

The murder was left unsolved for decades, and despite Davis’s conviction, there are still questions about who might have actually pulled the trigger on the shot that killed the 25-year-old rapper.

Authorities long stated they believed Davis was involved in Shakur’s killing, but for decades hadn’t had enough evidence to take to trial in the previously cold case.

However, Davis went public with his story, including a memoir, recorded conversations, and media appearances, much of which was used against him at trial.

Davis’s conviction was for masterminding the attack, which was said to have been in retaliation for Shakur allegedly beating Davis’s nephew inside the MGM Grand casino hours earlier on the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 7, 1996.

Shakur, who lived in Los Angeles, was associated with an area street gang, the Mob Piru, which was also connected to Shakur’s music label, Death Row Records.

Davis and his nephew were affiliated with another Los Angeles gang, the South Side Compton Crips, which was known to be a rival gang.

Both groups were in Las Vegas to see a heavyweight boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon on the night of the altercation between Davis’s nephew and Shakur.

After the brawl between the men and other individuals known to be part of both gangs, Davis, his nephew, and two others took a vehicle to look for Shakur and Knight to settle the score, according to court records.

Davis has maintained that one of the others in the vehicle shot into the car carrying Knight and Shakur while in traffic.

While authorities never accused Davis of actually pulling the trigger, Nevada law allows participants in a crime to be charged with murder.

The jury deliberated for three hours before handing down the guilty verdict.

The actual shooter was never identified by law enforcement, and all three other men in the vehicle with Davis on the night of Shakur’s death have since died.

• Artificial intelligence models may soon be able to self-replicate on devices many people have in their homes, Anthropic researchers said. 

Experiments conducted by researchers at the AI firm found that AI models could infiltrate internet-connected devices and carry out actions once inside, even without access to data centers.

In one test, the researchers ran a small AI model across 15 off-brand Android television boxes.

The model was able to propagate another model in the testing, “which suggests that future small models of the same capability level could also complete the network enumeration, payload delivery, and inference standup steps of the replication process,” the researchers said in a report. Self-replication was not identified.

Larger models could also come into play by being split into pieces and run across multiple devices.

the researchers said.

“We don’t yet have a full rogue replicator, but agents are becoming increasingly capable of completing the individual steps in the replication chain (and passing on their adaptations to future copies of themselves),” 

They estimated that self-replication could be just months away.

Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI firms have previously warned that AI models are rapidly becoming more advanced and have detailed how some have broken out of programming constraints, attacking websites and obtaining data that were supposed to be inaccessible or require payment.

Daniel Freeman, one of the researchers of the new report, said on X that the work demonstrated capabilities previously only outlined in science fiction.

he wrote.

“This is super weird! We did not used to live in a world where little guys in boxes could replicate across networks, gobble up computers, reconfigure themselves to work better in the machines they find, etc., etc.,” 

“The new normal will really just be having to reckon with this new kind of thing: a thing that can reach out and use computers natively and effortlessly, for whichever purpose it wants (or whichever purpose it was told or convinced).

“Clearly we have a long way to go before we shore up our vulnerable compute, and before we can limit the blast radius of these kinds of rogue intelligences. Regardless, whatever we do, it’s clear these things are coming!”

Devices connected to the internet and common in homes include television boxes, smart televisions, and smart ovens.

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U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned following a request by the Trump administration amid allegations of misconduct.

Guilfoyle, 57, has been accused of misconduct, including allegedly asking a donor to pay for a $100,000 bill before her 2025 confirmation hearing before the Senate.

Her lawyers said in a statement that she asked the donor, Eric Deters, for money, but that he had owed her money for work that she carried out “long before” her ambassador nomination. Deters, they added, had missed payments to her that were included in a contract.

“When Ms. Guilfoyle was preparing to leave private life for public service, she did what any professional does and tried to close out her outstanding receivables,” the lawyers said.

Allegations that she abused her ambassador role to travel were also false, the lawyers said, adding that Guilfoyle followed and obtained Department of State guidance and followed the department’s travel rules.

Those allegations were outlined in a Wall Street Journal report published this past week, which had cited anonymous sources.

Deters, a legal consultant and Trump donor, told NBC News in an interview published on Oct. 8 that Guilfoyle “was begging me” and “was so desperate for that $100,000.”

“It was a quid pro quo,” Deters said. “She said I could ask her for anything and everything in Trump world. There was no request too big.”

Speaking to CNN on Oct. 13, Deters alleged that she sought the money “before her confirmation” last year.

• Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung cancer following surgery to remove a section of his lung, the Vatican announced. The pope was diagnosed with “lung adenocarcinoma,” a common type of non-small cell lung cancer, after testing confirmed the finding.

He is expected to stay in the hospital for a week.

The lower lobe of his lung was removed using a video-assisted technique, the Vatican reported.

“The doctors said it was successful and there were no complications,” the Vatican said.

NOW MOVING ONTO WORLD NEWS:

• China’s central bank has granted preliminary approval to Visa, the American credit and debit card payment network, to establish a domestic card-processing business after years of delays.

The decision came months after President Donald Trump personally pressed Chinese leader Xi Jinping over the company’s restricted market access.

Visa announced on Oct. 13 that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) had approved its application to begin preparations for a domestic bank-card clearing operation.

The company must still obtain a separate operating license before processing domestic transactions.

The decision follows nearly a decade of efforts by Visa to enter a market dominated by state-backed China UnionPay, which benefited from restrictions Washington repeatedly challenged.

• Trump said that he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his planned visit to Asia next month.

Asked by a reporter whether he expects to meet Kim during the trip, Trump said: “I may. That will be exciting, won’t it? But I get along with him.”

The president is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, scheduled for Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.

The Epoch Times reached out to the White House for further details but did not receive a response.

Trump said in August that he planned to meet Kim later this year but gave no details.

“He has 57 very powerful nuclear weapons,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 19. “We should have never have allowed it to happen. If I were president, I wouldn’t have let it happen, but he’s got them.”

Trump met with Kim three times in 2018 and 2019 during his first term. Negotiations over Pyongyang’s nuclear program collapsed in 2019 because of disagreements over North Korea’s denuclearization efforts and the easing of U.S.-led sanctions.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been rising over the years because of North Korea’s repeated missile tests.

The United States, South Korea, and Japan, in response, have enhanced their deterrence strategies and expanded their joint military drills, which the North Korean leader portrays as invasion rehearsals.

The North Korean leader said earlier this year that relations with the United States could improve if Washington abandoned what he called a hostile policy against Pyongyang, state media outlet KCNA reported on Feb. 26.

Kim said the country would never give up its nuclear weapons and ruled out the possibility of engaging in talks with South Korea.

Push-Ups: 9 Common Mistakes and How to Do Them Properly 

Hi It’s Helen Billings, back with our mid week health section, and for today I‘ll be talking about the common mistakes that occur while doing pushups, as well as how to do them properly.

Ok let’s dissect the classic push-up. It’s a magnificent body-weight exercise—one of the all-time greats. It has many nuances that need to be kept in check.

So good form is critical, not only for getting the best overall benefit, but also for staying safe.

Now let’s start with some of the most common mistakes that occur while doing push-ups 

One is Piking. This occurs when you push your hips and trunk too high into the air.

Two is sagging. This occurs when you allow your trunk muscles to relax too much. 

Three is placing your hands on the floor with all your fingers touching. This can reduce your ability to stabilize your upper body 

Four is placing your feet together. This can make it harder to maintain control of your posture.

Five is placing your hands close together. This also decreases your ability to control your posture.

Six is having the hands too far apart. This can prevent the chest, shoulder, and other muscles from being properly engaged.

Seven is allowing your shoulders to shrug. This can interfere with the exercise’s normal joint mechanics.

Eight is  flaring the elbows. This happens when you rotate your hands too far inward and flex your elbows outward 

And nine is looking up with your head. This causes excessive extension of the neck and lower back.

Now let’s move on to our  simple guide to perform push-ups with good form:

Once your on all fours,

• Ensure that your arms are below your shoulders, your fingers are spread apart, and your feet are separated properly, approximately hip width.

• Rise onto your hands and feet by straightening your knees, being sure to form a straight line from your neck to your feet.

• Ensure that your shoulders are not sagging down by pushing up as far from the ground as you can, and hold your shoulders down while avoiding moving into shrugged shoulders. 

• Keep your head looking down rather than looking forward,

• Now slowly lower down by keeping your arms close to your sides and allowing your elbows to bend to approximately 90 degrees before pushing back up into the starting position. If you can’t push up from that low, lower only as far as you comfortably can.

• Pay particular attention to proper posture and biomechanics during movement. 

• Now try to perform five reps. You can perform fewer if needed, or more if you’re getting into the groove.

And lastly, there are other ways to do push-ups that might work better for you, like wall push-ups, incline push-ups, or knee pushups. 

Alright, thank you for listening folks and hope you’re having a healthy week.

And before we leave, here are some words of wisdom to start the day…Today’s quote is by Alexander Hamilton,

He said,

“Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.” 

—Alexander Hamilton