What are the benefits of doing push-ups?

Push-ups are very popular recently, because this exercise has many benefits, so everyone is willing to do push-ups. The space required for doing push-ups is very small, and you can do it in the playground or at home at night. In addition, you can save money on going to the gym. Push-ups can not only exercise the chest muscles, but also achieve the effect of weight loss. The following editor will tell you the benefits of doing push-ups.

1. Development of 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.

2. Improve physiology

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.

3. Enhance physical 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.

Note:

1. Exercise in a step-by-step manner, 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. Do 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.

5. Push-ups are gravity training. Doing push-ups for a long time can easily cause greater pressure and impact on the knuckles (fist style), wrist joints (palm style) and shoulder joints, causing pain and damage to the above parts, so you need to take good care of these joints in daily life.

There are indeed many benefits of push-ups, but not everyone is suitable for doing push-ups. For example, people with bad lumbar spines should not do push-ups. Also, the standard push-ups are relatively difficult, so you should pay attention when doing them and do some warm-up exercises first to avoid straining your muscles.