Why You Should Start Doing 50 Push Ups Every Morning.

If you wish to have a strong core and upper body, then the best exercise for you is push-ups.

They are easy to incorporate into your daily routine as you don’t need any special equipment to perform them.

Push-ups main targets are the core and the upper body. However, they are also capable of strengthening the muscles in the leg. Push-ups can be considered a full-body exercise.

What benefits do 50 push-ups every morning bring? What would your body be like after 30 days? Stick around till the end of the video to find out.

Push-ups make your heart beat faster.

Pushing most of your body weight upwards requires a lot of effort on your upper body and core muscles. Due to this, the muscles would consume a lot of energy and oxygen. The body will try to provide enough energy and oxygen to these muscles by increasing blood flow towards the muscles. This increase in blood flow is only achievable by increasing heart rate. So in essence, push-ups can make your heart beat faster and improve their capacity to handle intense activities.

Push-ups can strengthen back muscles and triceps which may help in posture and injury prevention.

Doing push-ups can bulk up each individual muscles belonging to the back muscle group and triceps muscle group. This would improve the aesthetics of your back. Aside from that, training these muscles will improve your posture. They provide support on your back so that you’re less likely to experience back injuries. However, you may experience an odd click when the individual muscles would bulk up and glide over each other. As long as no unusual pain is involved, then this is completely fine.

What to expect after 30 days.

There are a lot of factors that affect weight loss and muscle development. As such, each individual would have varying rates of weight loss and muscle development. However, performing 50 push-ups every day for 30 days is guaranteed to result in weight loss and muscle development.

Those who are not accustomed to performing pushups would usually notice progress sooner. That’s because they started off with muscles that haven’t been exposed to frequent and heavy exertion.

After 30 days, you would usually notice fat loss around the biceps, triceps, and deltoids. You’ll also notice that the muscles are now toned better. People who have a lot of fats surrounding the aforementioned muscles would notice this sooner. This quick progress is noticeable and could boost self-esteem.

Another thing that you would notice after a month is increased overall strength. So you’ll be able to lift and carry heavy objects with ease.

What it feels like at first.

Push-ups are difficult. You will struggle at first. You’ll also experience pain in your upper body and abdomen. However, don’t be alarmed. It is only natural to feel pain at first. If you are consistent and you would do 50 push-ups every morning, the pain would be worth it. At some point, you wouldn’t even feel any pain at all.

The body is such a complex thing, there are days where you can finish 50 push-ups in a breeze. However, there are also times where you easily tire out and barely make it.

How to do a Push-Up.

First, get down on all fours, keep your legs close together and place your hands slightly wider than your shoulders.

Next, straighten your arms, legs, and back so that your back and legs more or less forms a straight line. Your toes should be supporting your lower body. This is the starting position.

Maintain that straight line from back to legs while lowering your upper body.

Finally, once your chest is about to touch the floor, stop there and push yourself back up to your starting position.

Repeat the entire thing.

Is the standard Push-up too difficult?

You can modify it to make it easier. Instead of keeping your legs straight. You can let your knees carry the weight of your lower body. Keep the knees together and lock your feet together. The feet should be pointing about 45 degrees upwards or more.

Remember to take it slow at first, pushups are an intense and difficult exercise. If you can’t do 50 directly, do 5 and slowly work your way to 50.

All in all, push-ups are great for training all of your major muscle groups. However, it is particularly effective in strengthening the upper body and core. Aside from that, push-ups help strengthen joints and tendons which lowers the risk of injury.

Have you tried doing pushups before?