Source: wibw.com
(Gray News) – Who knew it was so simple?
A new study says the number of push-ups a middle-age man can do may be a good indicator of his risk for heart disease.
The data was put together by researchers from the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University and published in JAMA Network Open.
“Our findings provide evidence that push-up capacity could be an easy, no-cost method to help assess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in almost any setting,” said study author Justin Yang. “Surprisingly, push-up capacity was more strongly associated with cardiovascular disease risk than the results of … treadmill tests.
”The information came from a 10-year study…
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