Pushups Are Super Great
Did You Realize You Can Do Them Against the Wall?
I could never do a pushup quite right. Do your shoulders have to be at a certain angle? How low do you have to go? Does your nose have to touch the ground? Should you even venture into the single-hand zone? What about those super huge medicine balls? Is the next step the proverbial headstand?
One Harvard study postulates that the more push-ups one can do in one minute, the less risk one faces for heart problems. Of course, this was just one scientific study. It would be difficult to track most other variables that may impact the health of avid pusher uppers. However, with a large group of 1100 participants followed over 10 years, the study illuminated the positive correlation between push-ups and cardiovascular health.
As I think of push-ups, I remember my 7th-grade gym class in 1998. We are doing those regular fitness regimens of push-ups, jumping jacks, crunches, and running in place before some half-hour activity. As I struggle to put in the fifteen or twenty push-ups, my classmate looks over and says, “You’re doing it wrong, you shouldn't have your knees touch the ground!”
Fortunately, many like myself do not have to rush and put our noses to the floor
There are countless variations of the classic pushup. Also, there are numerous similar strength and muscle training exercises. One of the recent variations I discovered was the wall pushup. I will let readers click on the hyperlink to follow detailed instructions. But yes, you truly can do a pushup against a wall while in an upright position.
Other exercises that offer the same strength-building and muscle training include many types of weight-lifting. Certainly, one can also imagine many sports and activities like swimming, canoeing or kayaking, and even walking or running can do wonders. Whatever variation or formula you find works for you to help you stay physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually fit, hey that is wonderful. You do not have to press your hands against cold wood floors or use your nose to sweep up long-lost dust bunnies.
Harvard also prescribes that four main types of exercise are the most important(among others being important as well). These categories are aerobic, strength training, stretching, and balance. Certainly, a varied and dynamic fitness routine influences better overall health.
Speaking of balance exercises, I could not find any studies or resources monitoring the impact of tightrope walking on physical health. There is plenty to be said about the physics and methodology of such a strenuous activity. For many like myself, such an activity seems more heart-stopping and heart-nurturing. If having to choose between 100 pushups and tight-rope walking, I’d choose the nose-to-floor routine any day.
