🤔How Much Weight You Lift With Push-Ups?
💪 During Push-Ups, how much of your bodyweight do you actually lift?
A 2011 study investigated this by analyzing 6 different push-up variations [1].
With the traditional bodyweight push-up, you lift roughly 64% of your own bodyweight. With the kneeling push-up, you reduce the amount of weight you lift to 49%.
If your hands are elevated by 30cm, you push up roughly 55% of your bodyweight. If you raise your hands 60cm, you push-up 41% of your bodyweight.
Elevating the feet by 30cm results in you pushing up 70% of your bodyweight, so the push-up becomes harder. When you elevate the feet by 60cm, you push-up 74% of your bodyweight.
Now, it is worth mentioning that the push-up weight at different elevations also depends a bit on your height. So consider the figures discussed in this video as general guidelines
📚 Scientific Reference:
1. Ebben, William P., et al. "Kinetic analysis of several variations of push-ups." The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 25.10 (2011): 2891-2894.