What kind of exercise is push-ups?

Push-ups are a very popular sport among people nowadays. When people are bored at home, they will do push-ups to exercise themselves. But even though many people love doing push-ups, most of them don't know what push-ups are for exercise. Next, let’s take a look at what push-ups actually do. Please see the following content.

Develop strength qualities

Its main function is to develop a person's upper limb strength and abdominal muscle strength, and can improve the body's static and dynamic strength qualities.

Improve human physiological functions

It plays an important role in developing balance and support abilities. It can improve the central nervous system, which is beneficial to the firmness of bones, flexibility of joints, strength of ligaments, thickness and elasticity of muscles. It can also accelerate blood circulation, increase lung capacity, promote growth and development, and improve athletic ability.

Improve your health and fitness

Regular and comprehensive exercise is beneficial to the physical and mental development. It can regulate people's psychology, make people energetic, strengthen the body, cultivate sentiment, and exercise will. It is also said to have the effect of prolonging life.

Precautions

1. Exercise step by step, from easy to difficult, from little to more, and from light to heavy.

2. Choose appropriate exercise methods and control exercise load according to your physical condition.

3. Perform warm-up and cool-down activities to prevent injuries and muscle stiffness.

4. The elderly are prohibited from using finger-style, clapping, and weight-bearing exercises. This method is contraindicated for patients with heart disease and hypertension. Pedal push-ups

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Place your hands on the pedals, stretch your shoulders, put your toes on the ground, spread your feet apart, and keep your body in a straight line. Bend your elbows and bring your chest toward the pedal until your shoulders are level with your elbows. Return to the starting position and repeat 8-10 times. (If this is too difficult, you can switch to a higher pedal.)

The above is some information about how push-ups can help people exercise their bodies. Through the above materials, we can clearly understand that push-ups can help us exercise muscles all over the body and enhance our strength, so people can do push-ups when they are bored.