The pushup is maybe the most precscribed and easy exercise in all of bodyweight exercises that can be done anywhere. They’re part of the fitness qualification testing for almost any military or law enforcement agency, athletes are tested on it in the pre-season, bodybuilders use pushups as a finishing move on chest day.

No matter where you go in this industry, pushup prowess is still considered a commodity. But as with any other exercise, the pushup can become stale.

Here are nine ways you can reacquaint yourself with the torso-blasting benefits of this timeless bodyweight move.