Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle
This study aimed to measure muscle activation by comparing electromyography (EMG) of two types of pushups i.e., ground-based and elevated. 20 male active sportspersons (age 20.12±3.57years, weight 65.38±9.32kg, height 175.5±10.5cm) were recruited in the study. The upper body muscle pectoralis major...
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| author | Ardo Okilanda Mikkey Anggara Suganda Ahmad Chaeroni Muhammad Fakhrur Rozi Mardepi Saputra Susilo Nugroho Jatin Bhosle Radhika Mishra Joseph Singh Yajuvendra Singh Rajpoot Karuppasamy Govindasamy Masilamani Elayaraja Hemantajit Gogoi |
| author_facet | Ardo Okilanda Mikkey Anggara Suganda Ahmad Chaeroni Muhammad Fakhrur Rozi Mardepi Saputra Susilo Nugroho Jatin Bhosle Radhika Mishra Joseph Singh Yajuvendra Singh Rajpoot Karuppasamy Govindasamy Masilamani Elayaraja Hemantajit Gogoi |
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This study aimed to measure muscle activation by comparing electromyography (EMG) of two types of pushups i.e., ground-based and elevated. 20 male active sportspersons (age 20.12±3.57years, weight 65.38±9.32kg, height 175.5±10.5cm) were recruited in the study. The upper body muscle pectoralis major (PM) was chosen as target muscle for the study. Root mean square (RMS) of EMG activities were analysed for the PM muscle to determine maximum muscle involvement. In the elevated pushups, the samples performed the pushups on an elevated pushup bar of 18-centimeter height, in which they gripped the bar as per their shoulder width. Also, their feet were ground-based on a similar height platform. The paired t-test was used as the statistical tool to compare the EMG activation of PM between both variations of pushups. Further, mean and standard deviation values were considered for descriptive statistics. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The result of the study showed that there was no statistically significant difference in EMG activities of PM muscle between the two pushup variations with a t-value of -0.89. However, the descriptive statistics showed that the mean value of elevated pushups (RMS, 350.63) was higher than the grounded pushups (RMS, 311.44). These findings suggest elevated pushups may induce greater PM muscle activation, potentially due to increased instability due to the influence of elveated exercise variations on muscle engagement.
Key words: pushups, muscle activation, electromyography, pectoralis major, exercise variations, root mean square
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| spelling | doaj-art-db097de82c68489c97d5a1f37e51c5f32024-12-25T17:16:10ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412024-08-015710.47197/retos.v57.107264Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscleArdo Okilanda0Mikkey Anggara Suganda1Ahmad Chaeroni2Muhammad Fakhrur Rozi3Mardepi Saputra4Susilo Nugroho 5Jatin Bhosle6Radhika Mishra7Joseph Singh8Yajuvendra Singh Rajpoot9Karuppasamy Govindasamy 10Masilamani Elayaraja11Hemantajit Gogoi12Universitas Negeri PadangUniversitas Nadhlatul Ulama CirebonUniversitas Negeri PadangUniversitas Negeri PadangUniversitas Negeri PadangUniversitas SarasanLakshmibai National Institute of Physical EducationLakshmibai National Institute of Physical EducationLakshmibai National Institute of Physical EducationLakshmibai National Institute of Physical EducationSri Balaji UniversityPondicherry UniversityRajiv Gandhi University This study aimed to measure muscle activation by comparing electromyography (EMG) of two types of pushups i.e., ground-based and elevated. 20 male active sportspersons (age 20.12±3.57years, weight 65.38±9.32kg, height 175.5±10.5cm) were recruited in the study. The upper body muscle pectoralis major (PM) was chosen as target muscle for the study. Root mean square (RMS) of EMG activities were analysed for the PM muscle to determine maximum muscle involvement. In the elevated pushups, the samples performed the pushups on an elevated pushup bar of 18-centimeter height, in which they gripped the bar as per their shoulder width. Also, their feet were ground-based on a similar height platform. The paired t-test was used as the statistical tool to compare the EMG activation of PM between both variations of pushups. Further, mean and standard deviation values were considered for descriptive statistics. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The result of the study showed that there was no statistically significant difference in EMG activities of PM muscle between the two pushup variations with a t-value of -0.89. However, the descriptive statistics showed that the mean value of elevated pushups (RMS, 350.63) was higher than the grounded pushups (RMS, 311.44). These findings suggest elevated pushups may induce greater PM muscle activation, potentially due to increased instability due to the influence of elveated exercise variations on muscle engagement. Key words: pushups, muscle activation, electromyography, pectoralis major, exercise variations, root mean square https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/107264Pushupmuscle activationelectromyographypectoralis majorexercise variationsroot mean square |
| spellingShingle | Ardo Okilanda Mikkey Anggara Suganda Ahmad Chaeroni Muhammad Fakhrur Rozi Mardepi Saputra Susilo Nugroho Jatin Bhosle Radhika Mishra Joseph Singh Yajuvendra Singh Rajpoot Karuppasamy Govindasamy Masilamani Elayaraja Hemantajit Gogoi Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación Pushup muscle activation electromyography pectoralis major exercise variations root mean square |
| title | Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle |
| title_full | Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle |
| title_fullStr | Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle |
| title_short | Comparative analysis of elevated and floor push-up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle |
| title_sort | comparative analysis of elevated and floor push up exercises for activation of the pectoralis major muscle |
| topic | Pushup muscle activation electromyography pectoralis major exercise variations root mean square |
| url | https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/107264 |
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