Push Ups: Muscle and Fitness
Exercise to Get Fit and Build Muscles
Push up routines are good for strength training and muscle building. They help to develop several muscles in the area of the upper body and torso.
Push-Ups: Muscle Development
Push up workouts are useful for bodybuilding and muscle-building, as they strengthen and develop the arm, shoulder and pecs muscles. Specifically they work the biceps brachii, brachialis, brachioradialis, wrist and hand flexors and triceps brachii in the arms; the anterior deltoid, medial deltoid, posterior deltoid and trapezius shoulder muscles; and the pectoralis major muscle tissue (pecs).
Push-Ups: Fitness Benefits
Push up routines help to build lean tissue, burn body fat and develop a flat belly by working the abdominals. They also help to raise resting metabolic rate.
Push-Ups Workouts: Calories Burned
Fitness workouts involving Push-Ups burn a reasonable number of calories. When combined with a calorie-controlled diet program, they help us to lose weight and maintain a healthy body-fat percentage.
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