Men: can you do 40 push-ups?

Rick Manivong, Personal Trainer - adding something extra to the push-up

Harvard school of public heath recently asked an excellent question... we all know that better fitness is associated with better health... but is there a simple, easy test that a patient could perform in the office to determine their fitness level that could predict their future cardiovascular issues?

Push-ups.

The authors studied 1,104 men over a 10 year follow up. At baseline, patients who could do 40 push-ups had a significant reduction in cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years, compared to patients who could do less than 10.

>> Read the study here in JAMA