Push-ups and pull-ups are two popular movements in the field of fitness, both of which are the golden movements for exercising the upper limbs, which is more difficult?
Push-up.
Push-ups are a common fitness exercise that tests our pectoral muscles, triceps, and core strength. Push-ups require you to keep your body in a straight line, tighten your core muscles, and have enough strength to push your body up.
Most of today's people lack exercise, and their upper body strength has become weak, and for those who have insufficient arm strength or unstable core, especially most women, they may not be able to complete a push-up.
According to incomplete statistics, about 70% of people in the fitness novice group can complete about 5 standard push-ups at the beginning. But it's not easy to do high-quality, multi-set push-ups!
And for people who do strength training regularly, especially upper body strength training, they may be able to easily complete dozens or even hundreds of push-ups.
If novices can't complete 5 push-ups at once, they can reduce the difficulty, choose inclined push-ups, kneeling push-ups, 15 push-ups per group, repeat 5-6 sets, and exercise once every 2-3 days to strengthen the upper limbs. After a while, do standard push-ups, and you'll notice a noticeable breakthrough in the number of push-ups.
Pull-up.
Pull-ups mainly exercise the back muscles, biceps, and also need the core muscles to stabilize in order to complete more pull-ups. Many fitness enthusiasts love and hate it, because the average person who can complete 10 standard pull-ups in one go may be less than 10%.
For young people, who are more physically active and have relatively strong muscles, a higher percentage of them may be able to achieve this goal. However, as we age, the body ages, muscle strength decreases, and the percentage of people who are able to complete 10 pull-ups decreases.
Many people can't even pull one of them when they first start practicing. Pull-ups need to rely on the strong strength of the back muscles and biceps muscles to pull the whole body up, which is more difficult for people with a large weight base.
If you can't do a pull-up, you can reduce the difficulty by starting with a low pull-up (reverse row) and slowly improving the strength of your back muscles and arms, and then try a standard pull-up.
In summary, push-ups and pull-ups have their own difficulties, but people who can complete 10 push-ups may not be able to complete 5 pull-ups, so pull-ups are a little more difficult. However, whether it's push-ups or pull-ups, you can achieve a breakthrough in a number of numbers as long as you keep exercising.