All About YOU: Fit as a Fiddle?
To find out how your upper-body strength stacks up, try this quick test.
First, do light exercise (walking is a good choice) for 5 minutes. Next, hit the floor and do as many push-ups as you can (women can keep their knees on the floor, but men should do the standard kind.) Now, here’s what your total count means.
Strength in Numbers
If you’re a 30-year-old man, you should be able to do at least 35 push-ups. Subtract 5 from that total for every decade after age 30, until you’re 70 years old. For women over 30 years old, 45 push-ups (knees on the floor) should be doable (subtract 5 push-ups for every decade after age 30, until you’re 80 years old).
If the mere thought of these numbers makes your muscles ache, you probably need to build your strength. But it won’t take much. Just 13 minutes of strength training every other day should get you closer to your target
More Fitness Measures
Strength is key to overall fitness, but you also need stamina and flexibility. To increase your stamina, walk 30 minutes every day, and do 21 minutes of stamina exercises three times a week.
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