Push-ups
The push-up, the easy to do exercise that does not need a gym. An exercise that we can all do in our homes. Why has this king of exercises been so lost and not a part of our regular routines?
Push-up Facts
- All four branches of the military use the standard push-up as an assessment of strength
- Most police and fire departments also use the push-up as an assessment of strength
- Push-ups are scalable and do not need any special equipment
- Push-ups engage our chest, shoulders, triceps, biceps, glutes, and legs. What other single movement can do all that?
- We can use the push-up a tool to track overall Fitness, Health & Wellness progress
A recent study even correlated
push-ups with a reduction in
cardiovascular disease.
| Cardiovascular disease (CVD)remains the leading cause of death worldwide [1]. A small study (only done on males) found that over a ten-year period, those who could perform 40 push-ups had a 96% less chance of having a cardiovascular event than those who could 10 push-ups or fewer [2]. |
Let’s think about this, Cardiovascular disease kills more humans than any other disease. And if improving push-up capacity in any way helps stave off this condition, and push-ups are accessible and are a great part of an overall Fitness, Health & Wellness program, why wouldn’t we all be incorporating more push-ups into our routine?
Let’s Do Some Push-ups together? If you want help developing a Push-up routine that will get you to 40 push-ups (minimum) contact me!
- BenjaminEJ,BlahaMJ,ChiuveSE,etal;AmericanHeartAssociationStatisticsCommitteeandStrokeStatistics Subcommittee. Heart disease and stroke statistics-2017 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2017;135(10):e146-e603. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000485
- Yang, J., Christophi, C. A., Farioli, A., Baur, D. M., Moffatt, S., Zollinger, T. W., & Kales, S. N. (2019). Association between push-up exercise capacity and future cardiovascular events among active adult men. JAMA network open, 2(2), e188341-e188341.Full article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2724778
