How Push-ups adds year to your life:Study
Doing strength-based exercises such as push-ups and sit-ups can significantly reduce the risk of early death, a study of over 80,000 adults claims. Researchers have found that people who perform such exercises had a 23% reduction in risk of premature death by any means and a 31% reduction in cancer- related death. While strength training has been given some attention to your functional benefits as you age, little research has looked at its impact on mortality, researchers said. "The study shows exercise that promotes muscular strength may be just as important for your health as aerobic activities like jogging or cycling," said Emmanuel Stamatakis from the University of Sydney in Australia. "And assuming our findings reflect cause and effect relationships, it may be even more vital when it comes to reducing the risk of death from cancer," said Stamatakis. The analysis also showed that the exercises performed using one's own body weight without specif...
