{"id":14235,"date":"2019-08-29T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14235"},"modified":"2019-08-29T16:46:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:46:21","slug":"3-benefits-of-daily-pushups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/weight-loss\/3-benefits-of-daily-pushups\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Benefits of Daily Pushups"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of benefits to be gained from adding pushups to your daily routine besides looking buff. Whether you\u2019re doing standard pushups, a wide version, narrow version or backwards pushups, incorporating the exercise into your daily routine can help your body in a number of ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Strength and muscle tone<\/b><\/p>\n

Perhaps the most obvious of the improvements, daily pushups can help activate a variety of muscles, depending which form you choose.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A 2015 study found that backward pushups (with hands shoulder-width apart but behind your shoulders) activated the greatest number of muscle groups, while narrow pushups (with your thumbs touching each other) provided the greatest improvement for pecs and triceps.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking to strengthen your back muscles and abs, opt for either backward or forward pushups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joint support<\/b><\/p>\n

Although pushups can be a great way to strengthen the muscles around your shoulder joints, it\u2019s important that you start slowly.<\/span><\/p>\n

To avoid tearing a tendon or muscle, start with a few pushups and gradually add more with time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cardiovascular health<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2019, research published in the journal <\/span>Nutrition, Obesity and Exercise<\/span><\/i> showed a link between the number of pushups a man can do and his risk of developing a cardiovascular health problem a decade later. The study found that men who could do 40 or more pushups were 96% less likely to have experienced any kind of cardiovascular health issue than men who couldn\u2019t do at least 10 pushups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the research only looked at middle-aged men, it was a decent-sized study with more than 1,100 participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Risks of injury<\/b><\/p>\n

With any type of exercise, there\u2019s a risk of getting hurt if you don\u2019t use a proper technique or you overdo it by trying to crank out too many pushups.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help avoid hurting your back, elbows, wrists or shoulders, consult with a fitness expert who can show you how to properly do a pushup.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are plenty of benefits to be gained from adding pushups to your daily routine besides looking buff. Whether you\u2019re doing standard pushups, a wide version, narrow version or backwards pushups, incorporating the exercise into your daily routine can help your body in a number of ways. Strength and muscle tone Perhaps the most obvious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[770],"class_list":["post-14235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weight-loss","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}