What are the disadvantages of girls doing push-ups?

Push-ups are an exercise that people are very familiar with. During physical education classes, teachers often ask students to do push-ups. In addition, during military training, instructors often punish students to do push-ups. Regardless of gender, I believe everyone has done push-ups. Doing push-ups has many benefits, such as exercising the muscles of the upper limbs, abdomen, and waist. So what are the dangers of girls doing push-ups?

First, the disadvantages of girls doing push-ups :

What are the disadvantages of push-ups?

The benefits of push-ups are introduced above, but if you cannot master the key points of push-ups, you may strain your muscles. In addition, middle-aged and elderly people should pay more attention to reducing the intensity when doing push-ups to avoid premature load on the body. In order to avoid the disadvantages of push-ups, the following points should be noted:

1. Exercise in a step-by-step manner, from easy to difficult, from little to more, and from light to heavy.

2. Choose appropriate exercise methods and control exercise load according to your physical condition.

3. Do warm-up and cool-down activities to prevent injuries and muscle stiffness.

4. The elderly are prohibited from using finger-style, clapping, and weight-bearing exercises. This method is contraindicated for patients with heart disease and hypertension.

Second, the intensity of push-ups

It depends on whether you feel slightly tired or tired. 3 to 4 times a week, 3 to 4 sets each time, 15 to 30 times per set, and rest for 1 to 2 minutes between sets. If you find it very difficult to do push-ups on the ground, you can start practicing on a plane 45° from the horizontal plane, and then slowly move to the stairs and the ground. As your strength increases, you can put your feet on the steps to increase the difficulty.

Tips: Do it within your ability and don’t overdo it to avoid muscle damage caused by sports injuries. When women practice push-ups, they should practice step by step due to their own physiological characteristics and should not deliberately pursue perfect movements that may cause muscle damage. You can exercise every day according to your own situation, with no strict limit on the number of times.

Third, other benefits of push-ups

Push-ups can strengthen the upper limbs, chest muscles, back muscles, waist and abdomen, and can have a bodybuilding effect; they can also accelerate blood circulation, increase lung capacity, and improve physical fitness; doing push-ups frequently can make people relax, feel energetic, and better devote themselves to work and study; in addition, push-ups can also eliminate excess fat on the body and help lose weight.