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Anon goes to the gym (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] applebusch@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I find the militaries obsession with push ups kind of baffling. It's a fine exercise, but you quickly run into diminishing returns just doing loads of push ups. There's no progressive overload, so eventually doing more just becomes fatiguing rather than productive for muscle growth or strength gain. They must know that at this point, so why would they still make people do so many push ups?

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It continues to build endurance and mental fortitude, which I think would be pretty important in the military.

[–] iiGxC 2 points 6 months ago

Also super easy to do anywhere, any time, while still being at least somewhat of a challenge. You can't say "stop what you're doing and squat 20 reps @135lbs" or something, but you can say "drop and give me 20"