Yay for pushups! I, personally, love pushups. It seems that the exercises that many people dread the most are the things I love to include in my workout and my clients' workouts. Even my elderly class members and clients regularly do pushups. Some stick with knee pushups, but I have some who are in their 60's who can bust out some toe pushups as easily as they can anything else. Practice and consistency make anything possible!
I discovered this awesome pushup calculator that actually lets you know what sort of health level you are on based on your sex, age, and the number of pushups you can do. The only thing I don't like about the calculator is that, if you are female, you only get the option of having "girl" (or knee) pushups calculated. Um, hello. Some of us girls can do regular pushups. I know some of you may think I'm crazy, but honestly, once you start doing them they really aren't so bad. In my classes I encourage my participants to try at least one real, full pushup. If one a day is where you start, that's great! Any start is a great start!
So here is your challenge for today. Get down on your floor and see just how many pushups you can do without coming down for a rest. Then, go to this website, type in your sex, age, and the number of pushups you were able to do. Then hit the Calculate button. You will be scored based on your input information, which should give you a good idea of where you stand.
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/PushUps.html
According to an article I read on the New York Times website, at 40 years old a woman should still be able to do sixteen consecutive pushups. That means that in our 20's and 30's we should be capable of many more than that! (If there happen to be any men reading, by age 40 you should still be able to pump out 27 pushups.)
How many can you do?
Good luck!
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