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The push-up test from "The Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness" rates your upper body strength based on the number of push-ups you can perform

Instructions:
boy_girl_pushup_150 1. Do some light warm-up for your arms and shoulders
2. Perform as many push-ups as you can
3. Females perform the test with the knees touching the ground, males with toes touching the ground (see pictures)
4. Enter weight, gender and number of push-ups into the calculator.

 

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Background:
When performed under standardized conditions this test can be considered quite reliable, but note that results will be negatively correlated with body weight.

Reference:
Niemann DC 1995. Fitness and sports medicine: a health-related approach. 3rd ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield

 

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ranapuyam said:

best for reduce Global Diatetes, Thanks
December 15, 2009

SHAHZEEB JAFFER KK 03003078312 said:

v.nice site 4 health
November 15, 2009

Morten Z said:

You should go down until your upper body is horizontal - or until your nose almost touches the floor.
September 21, 2009

Jocy said:

How low do you have to go in each push-up?
September 21, 2009


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