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I'd expect that 40 push-ups are a proxy for good cardiovascular health rather than a cause of it. I.e. practicing push-ups in isolation is unlikely to improve c
by skookumchuck 8y ago
I'd expect that 40 push-ups are a proxy for good cardiovascular health rather than a cause of it. I.e. practicing push-ups in isolation is unlikely to improve cardiovascular health by itself.
- keithnz 8y agohard to tell from the description of the study, it was done on firefighters, I would have though most would have reasonable cardio, I'm not sure if they did anything to isolate an overall lack of fitness from pushups
- Alex3917 8y ago> I would have though most would have reasonable cardio I don't know if there are any national standards. But I'm under the impression that at most places there is some baseline cardio component to the fitness test, but that the upper body strength standards are much more demanding.
- solarmist 8y agoSure it is, IF you also literally make it a cardiovascular test. "metronome set at 80 beats per minute ... until the participant reached 80, missed 3 or more beats of the metronome, or stopped"