This article was the most emailed article on the NY Times Web site for a while, even amidst all the Sturm und Drang of the neverending campaign and oh, prostitutes. It proposes that the number of push-ups you can do is an easy way to evaluate your overall fitness.
A 40-year-old woman should be able to do 16, and a man of same age, 27 push-ups. I am 33, and it turns out I can do three, which was a great and unexpected boon for me. I was for sure thinking I could do no more than one, shaky arms and all. But I pulled off three full-length ones. So, yeah for me! Don't judge me complacent though. I'll try working on it, as it's good to catch yourself when you fall at age 85--or really, at any age.
Comments