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Re: chalk: Chalk can be messy. You might want to get away from a rug if using it. Many people use chalk, many don't. If you are doing long routines, it can feel more necessary.

Re: lady hand-care concerns: Try some corn-huskers lotion to keep your hands soft and healed if they get rough. Also, file down any calluses before they get too big, so they don't tear.

Re: presses: Yes, a military press is fine.

Re: push/pulls: igmaverick gives examples below. Basically, you have muscles that work to extend your limbs, and others that bring them in. An obvious extender: triceps. Less obvious: chest. An obvious retractor: biceps. Less obvious: the big back muscle, latissimus dorsi.

For legs: a deadlift pulls weight up off the ground, so it's commonly called a pull. A squat pushes weight, so it's never called a pull.

So, for an upper body push, think military press and bench press. For upper body pull, think pull-ups and rowing.

In general, think also about ignoring the body-builder credo of doing endless sets and repetitions, and working to failure. None of that is very productive, especially if you are not in steroids and eating enormous amounts of food. It can even be counterproductive, in that it can exhaust you and spending all that time working out can make you dread it.

Think of getting your legs involved in at least one major full-body exercise for the legs, like squats(you can do them one-legged too, with just your bodyweight and/or a kettlebell) or deadlifts, and one major upper body push and one major upper body pull. If you get that covered, you will stimulate your whole body very quickly, including the hormonal system that helps you put on muscle(not like Arnold, just normal very nice girly muscle, for ladies) and lose fat. Just stick to doing a few things well and covering the most important bases of legs, push, and pull, and you will be best off.