Pushups — The Magical Exercise
What do you do when you feel you can’t do anything? If you’re feeling low, it's amazing to know what a little exercise can do for you. So, the next time your mind goes fuzzy, just get down and do 10 pushups.
The pushup is an upper body workout that is a staple in many workouts, from HIIT to yoga to pure strength training. I would like to set the record straight on pushups, explaining the health benefits you’ll get from doing this move regularly.
- Improves your core strength and stability:
Pushups are a good “bang for your buck” as it works many joints and muscles simultaneously. Pushups when performed correctly work your inner core muscles since they prevent the abdominal wall from bulging forward, which may cause our pelvis to rotate forward and increase the inward curvature in the spine.
2. Improved upper body strength:
It’s not shocking to see that pushups seriously challenge your upper half. After all, you are bending your arms to lower and lift your entire body. Pushups work your pectoral muscles (the muscles in your chest), triceps, and shoulders. Pushups are an efficient and effective exercise for improving upper-body strength on the whole as they hit many different muscle groups at once.
3. Improves posture:
Our attachment with the “tech world” has made us spend our days with hunched shoulders and rounded spine-indicators of poor posture. Pushups can teach our body good positioning. A proper pushup involves your mid-back muscles (rhomboids and scapula) without engaging your neck and top of your shoulders. Core stability is also a factor for your posture, which is also improved by this exercise.
4. Easy to establish the mind-muscle connection:
10 pushups is an achievable number. It makes you aware of your muscles, you’re taking a few good, deep breaths and you feel a bit stronger!
5. Better than not doing pushups:
Something is always better than nothing.
So, are there any risks of doing pushups every day?
Let me keep it simple for you. None!
Pushups are a challenging move, and it’s totally OK if you’re not yet able to do them. A popular regression is to simply drop to your knees and perform pushups from there.
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