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Strong Support
If you're a guy who's already fairly fit and you do push-ups or bench presses for four weeks, your ability to throw a medicine ball while sitting won't get any better.
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Supporting (1)
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Effect of Progressive Calisthenic Push-up Training on Muscle Strength and Thickness
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2018 MarThe study gave men either push-ups or bench presses for 4 weeks and checked if they could throw a medicine ball farther while sitting — they couldn’t. So the claim that these workouts don’t improve seated medicine ball throws is supported.
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