Well, right now not any. Same reason as not being able to do missionary style sex. Even before my stroke even though I was extremely fit I would never have gotten to 40 pushups. I don't see the direct correlation between upper body strength and heart disease. Go back to the drawing board and find a direct correlation.
Problems:
- Fingers and thumb will not stay flat.
- Wrist collapses.
- Elbow collapses.
- Bicep spasticity pulls everything out of line.
How many push-ups can you do? Study finds men who can do 40 have lower risk of heart disease
The number of push-ups a man can do may be a good indicator of his risk for heart disease, a new study found.
The
study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health, compared the heart health of male firefighters over a
10-year period. Those who could do more than 40 push-ups during a timed
test at a preliminary examination were 96 percent less likely to have
developed a cardiovascular problem compared to those who could do no
more than 10 push-ups, according to the report published Friday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.
Nearly half of U.S. adults deal with some form of cardiovascular disease as of 2016, according to the American Heart Association.The study's authors believe push-ups may be an easy way to test men's risk for heart disease.
“Our
findings provide evidence that push-up capacity could be an easy,
no-cost method to help assess cardiovascular disease risk in almost any
setting,” study author Justin Yang said in a statement.
“Surprisingly, push-up capacity was more strongly associated with
cardiovascular disease risk than the results of submaximal treadmill
tests.”
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The
men, who had an average age of 40 and an average body mass index (BMI)
of 28.7 at the start of the study, performed both the push-up test and
an exercise tolerance test on the treadmill. The participants were
instructed to do push-ups in time with a metronome set at 80 beats per
minute until they “reached 80, missed 3 or more beats of the metronome,
or stopped owing to exhaustion.”
Over
the following decade, the men underwent physical examinations and
filled out health surveys. Among the 1,104 participants, 37 heart health
problems were reported, such as coronary artery disease, heart failure,
or sudden cardiac death.
The
study found significantly lower rates of cardiovascular problems among
those with higher push-up capacity compared with the lowest baseline
push-up capacity.
Though
men who could do 40 or more push-ups had the lowest risk, participants
able to perform 11 or more push-ups also showed reduced risk of
subsequent heart health problems.
The
study authors note that more research needs to be done before the
findings can be generalized to other groups, like women, older people
and those who are less active.
Contributing: Brett Molina, USA TODAY
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