Middle-Age Men Who Can Do 40+ Push-Ups Have Lower Heart Disease Risk, Study Finds (cbslocal.com)

A new study finds that active middle aged men who can do more than 40 push-ups at a time have a significantly lower risk of heart disease. From a report: Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health followed more than 1,100 middle-aged male firefighters over a decade. They looked at two specific measures: how many push-ups they could do and their exercise tolerance on a treadmill. They found that men who could do more than 40 push-ups had a 96-percent lower risk of heart disease than those who could do no more than 10 and their ability to do push-ups was a better predictor of cardiovascular disease than their stamina on a treadmill test.

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From the 'No sh*t, Sherlock' department

[nwaack]

Soooo...people who are healthier have less diseases. Well done!

Re:From the 'No sh*t, Sherlock' department

[TimothyHollins]

It was a thorough study. The all-female research team had to personally watch 1,100 firefighters undress and do 40 push-ups.

So I should be good until

[Snotnose]

ohh, noonish. Maybe mid-afternoon bagel if I don't exert myself.

I can do 40 pushups

[rsilvergun]

a year. Does that count?

What if we do yoga daily for 30 minutes?

[WillAffleckUW]

Asking for a friend ...

Re:What if we do yoga daily for 30 minutes?

[mfnickster]

Additional work from martial arts tae kwon do forms.

Yeah, that's why I gave up martial arts. I couldn't stand all the paperwork. :-P

Re:What if we do yoga daily for 30 minutes?

[Anonymous Coward]

Exercising with a bunch of fit 20-something year old women in form fitting, skin tight clothes is totally gay. You should do something manly like wrestling, where you roll around on the ground with sweaty, half naked men.

Middle-age or Middle-aged?

[fat man's underwear]

I'm pretty sure the fact that a man in the 1300s could do push ups has little to do with my health?