The single most effective work out

Surprisingly, the most basic and simple exercise is the best one a person could possibly do. It is the ultimate test of strength, the push-up. World wide, the push up is known to be the absolute best thing for fitness. A push up makes you push your entire body weight off the floor. It incorporates many different muscles in your upper body, as well as some in your lower. Keeping you body in a plank like form for the entire time uses your hip muscles as well as your abdomen. As far as upper body goes, you are using your chest, triceps, shoulders, and back all in one motion. This builds up strength as well as endurance. The object is to do as many of these as possible, therefore increasing your muscle endurance. More than half of the population is not fit enough to do even 1 push up the right way. It is an exercise that has always been associated with men, but women should do them too. A 40 year old man should be able to do at least 27 at once, while a woman of the same age should be able to do at least 16 at once to be considered fit enough. Believe it or not, a man by the name of Jack Lalanne back in the day set the world record of doing 1,000 push ups in 23 minutes, that’s something that would take severely intense training. So if you ever want to get in shape, you don’t need anything except the will power. Just drop down and push up.