Do push-ups generally affect your height?

With the rapid spread of national fitness movements, more people have begun to love fitness exercises. Some people have also begun to worry about whether doing push-ups to exercise will affect their bone development and thus affect their height? There is no doubt that if you have enough knowledge, you will know that the statement that doing push-ups affects your height lacks scientific basis. Do push-ups affect your height? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Push-ups (English: Push-up or Press-up, called push-ups in mainland China, push-ups in Taiwan, China, called push-ups in Hong Kong and Macao, and called push-ups in Singapore and Malaysia) are common fitness exercises that mainly exercise the muscles of the upper limbs, waist and abdomen, especially the pectoral muscles. The main muscle groups exercised by push-ups are the pectoralis major and triceps, while they also exercise the anterior deltoid, serratus anterior and coracobrachialis as well as other parts of the body. Push-ups are a basic exercise in daily exercise and physical education classes, especially in military physical training.

Push-ups are one of the important contents of strength training. This exercise is often used in sports teaching, training and personal training. Its main function is to improve the muscle strength of the upper limbs, chest, waist, back and abdomen. This type of exercise is universal and effective, and because it requires little space and no equipment, it is a very simple, easy, yet very effective means of strength training. If you are interested, you can also have some small competitions.

Standard push-up movements: To achieve a perfect starting position for push-ups, the body must remain in a straight line from shoulders to ankles, and the arms should be placed at chest level, with the hands slightly wider than shoulders. This ensures that each movement works your biceps more effectively. When doing push-ups, you should take 2 to 3 seconds to fully lower your body, and your chest should eventually be about 2 to 3 centimeters from the ground; then, immediately push up and return to the starting position. If you can't do a full push-up, you can also get on your knees. This is also a method you can choose when you can no longer complete formal push-ups but still want to continue exercising.

Classification by body posture: According to the distance between the hands, it can be divided into four types: super long distance, wide, medium, and narrow

1. Super long push-ups

Mainly exercises the outer pectoralis major and biceps. When the elbow angle is greater than 135 degrees, the biceps brachii are mainly used for force

2. Wide-grip push-ups

It is about 1.5 times the shoulder width, mainly exercises the outer side of the pectoralis major, while developing the anterior deltoid and triceps

3. Mid-range push-ups

Slightly larger than shoulder width, mainly exercises the middle part of the pectoralis major (increases thickness), while developing the anterior deltoid and triceps

4. Narrow Grip Push-ups

Smaller than shoulder width, place both hands in front of both nipples, mainly exercise the anterior deltoid and triceps, while developing the inner side of the pectoralis major (chest groove)

Classification by folding from the preparation posture: From the preparation posture, it can be divided into different hand techniques and foot techniques

Technique: According to the way of supporting the ground with hands, it can be divided into three forms: full palm support, fist support and finger support. According to the direction of the hands supporting the ground, there are three forms: forward, inward, and outward.

1. Full palm

A method of supporting the ground with the entire palm of your hand.

2. Fist

A method of supporting the ground with a clenched fist.

3. Finger Style

Use the first joint of your fingers to support the ground. There are five forms in total: five fingers, four fingers, three fingers (these three form a cone shape), two fingers, and one finger supporting the ground.

Foot technique: According to the position of the feet, it can be divided into two types: two feet together and open. According to the way the feet support the ground, there are three postures: toe posture, instep posture and arch posture.

Classification from the form of practice: According to the form of practice, it can be divided into the following types

1. General practice method

Practice according to the movement requirements specified during teaching and training.

2. Weight training method

On the basis of ordinary exercises, place or tie appropriate amounts of weights on the waist, back, legs and other parts of the body.

3. High five practice

After a quick and powerful push, clap your hands once in the air.

4. Flying exercise

It can be divided into two types: stationary and moving. After lying prone, you must push yourself up quickly and forcefully so that your hands and feet leave the ground at the same time, and reach a certain height and distance.

Effect of exercise

Folding to develop strength quality

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.

Folding improves 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.

Folding enhances physical fitness and improves health

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.

Do push-ups affect your height? From this we can easily see that push-ups as a sport will not affect our growth. On the contrary, it can exercise our physical fitness, promote body growth and development, and increase lung capacity. The saying that push-ups affect growth is wrong, because there is no necessary connection between muscles and height. If we want to have a stronger physique and a perfect height, a moderate amount of push-ups is a must.