Over 50's club

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Badger Apr 2019 10:35pm, 19 Apr 2019 10,642 posts	0 Badger Hmm. Maybe I should try doing some press-ups. I suspect the number I can currently do is not in fact a very good predictor of my cv health.
ChrisHB Apr 2019 10:46pm, 19 Apr 2019 17,944 posts	0 ChrisHB I saw a woman who must be in her 50s sit down unhelped by hands or knees on the floor in the gym last week as easily as a cat.
LazyDaisy Apr 2019 7:32am, 20 Apr 2019 26,410 posts	0 LazyDaisy Push-ups were not great for me before I broke my elbow, but now I can only do them the cheat's way, using a Bosu or kneeling
DoricQuine Apr 2019 7:42am, 20 Apr 2019 4,438 posts	0 DoricQuine If my longevity was based on my ability to do press ups and sit down/get up unaided I don't think I would still be alive! Think I'll just rely on blood and ECG results
GregP Apr 2019 8:22am, 20 Apr 2019 112,041 posts	0 GregP I’m rubbish at press ups even though I can bench press a respectable amount. No idea why this is the case.
Jovi Runner Apr 2019 9:08am, 20 Apr 2019 6,059 posts	0 Jovi Runner I'd be lucky to manage 2 or 3 press ups. However I can get up off the floor unaided by hands or arms. I can do that ait cross legged & arms & stand up thing. I'm very inflexible so have always been surprised I can still manage to do it.
Sharkie Apr 2019 9:14am, 20 Apr 2019 14,710 posts	0 Sharkie Those tests both seem a bit daft to me. At 66 the floor thing is easy as pie and always has been, press ups are very difficult ... and always have been. Both are dependent on the body type I was born with - a lot of fast twitch muscle but major joints that are only 'just' the right side of hypermobile.
Diogenes Apr 2019 9:16am, 20 Apr 2019 36,030 posts	0 Diogenes I make a point of always putting on my socks standing on one leg (i.e. not sitting down to do it)
GregP Apr 2019 9:26am, 20 Apr 2019 112,043 posts	0 GregP Nice post Diode. I will try that. As an ex-triathlete you’d expect me to be good at that sort of thing. And you’d be sadly disappointed.
Velociraptor Apr 2019 10:33am, 20 Apr 2019 41,393 posts	0 Velociraptor Being able to put on my socks standing up is something I use as a recovery benchmark. I can, at best, bench press two-thirds of my body weight, which is probably about equivalent to doing a full press-up, for five or six reps. But I can do lots of press-ups.