At Blackhawk Fitness, we love the push-up. This is in no small part due to the fact that all of our instructors are military men and women. We do the push-up all the time. Heck, it's even part of our measurement of physical fitness?
…why is that?
Here are the top 5 reasons to put the Push-Up into your daily workout!
5. Easy! - It is a very traditional body weight exercise. Originally coined "The Push-Up" near the turn of the 20th Century, the push-up has been around the block, is time-tested, and easy to teach/easy to learn!
4. Many muscle groups; one exercise – The Push-Up, when done correctly, works the chest, arms, back, and abs (yes Abs) all at the same time!
3. Great time-to-benefit ratio - the Push-Up will have you to muscle failure in no time! It's a great movement for the time sensitive stay-at-home mom, or the jet setting business person!
2. It's portable!! – if you have floor space and two arms, you have a gym. The Push-Up can be done at anytime, anywhere.
1. Variety, variety, variety – even if you do get tired of the plain, vanilla push-up…there are more varieties out there than you can shake a stick at! Planche, Tiger, Wide-Arm, Close-Hand, Dive-Bomber, One-Handed, Head-Standing…the list goes on and on!
That's it! Plain and simple. The Push-Up is a terrific exercise that you should definitely be working on. It only take a few minutes of your time each day to knock out 20-50 Push-Ups and the benefits, plus your return on "investment" will be huge!
GET FIT!
Chief Everhart
Blackhawk Fitness
