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Push-Up Capacity Linked with Lower Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease events among Men

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“Association Between Push-up Exercise Capacity and Future Cardiovascular Events Among Active Adult Men,” Justin Yang, Costas A. Christophi, Andrea Farioli, Dorothee M. Baur, Steven Moffat, Terrell W. Zollinger, Stefanos N. Kales, JAMA Network Open, February 15, 2019, doi: 10.1001./jamanetworkopen.2018.8341

Active, middle-aged men able to complete more than 40 push-ups had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes – including diagnoses of coronary artery disease and major events such as heart failure – during 10 years of follow-up compared with those who were able to do less than 10 push-ups during the baseline exam.

“Our findings provide evidence that push-up capacity could be an easy, no-cost method to help assess cardiovascular disease risk in almos...

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