Tag: upper body strength and endurance

push-ups

Is the Ability to Do Push-Ups a Marker of Heart Health?

It feels good to have the strength and endurance to do a number of push-ups, but could the ability to do so say something about the health of your heart? Find out what research shows about the link between push-up ability and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. 

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Is a Push-Up the Ultimate Measure of Physical Fitness?

Is a Push-Up the Ultimate Measure of Physical Fitness?

Who hasn’t heard of push-ups? We equate the ability to do multiple push-ups with a higher level of physical fitness. The push-up has outgrown its image as an exercise used to punish military recruits to an exercise every fit person needs to be able to do. Here’s why the push-up has stood the test of time.

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