How Many Push-Ups Do You Need to Be Healthy? The Journal of the American Medical Association published the results of a study that clearly demonstrated there is an exact number of push-ups that magically strengthens the heart muscle and even prolongs life.
Experts for 10 years tracked the health of more than a thousand male employees of Indiana fire departments.
Men who performed 40 or more push-ups in a row had a 96% lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those who were able to do 10 reps or less.
Being able to do 20 to 30 push-ups off the floor was not bad either. The risk of heart problems in this case is reduced by 75% compared to the control group performing less than 10 such exercises in a row.
Important remark: only the number of push-ups that a person was able to do in 60 seconds was taken into account. So the "lazy" 20-push, stretched for half an hour, does not count.
