This is really good. I recommend. Only a few problems, none worth mentioning, and building any strength is better than doing nothing.
I’d recommend using free weights as much as possible, though. They will allow for better form and quicker muscle building if you are otherwise healthy, but they are somewhat more challenging to use.
And it is a good counterweight (heh) to this ball of garbage. Nearly everything in there is wrong, invalid, or outright propaganda and lies. Especially the portions about health and obesity are just utterly factually wrong, just completely scientifically unsupported. I would not be surprised if the processed food/fast food industry paid for this.
There’s a reason doctors mention obesity so much — it contributes to, exacerbates, or sometimes causes every single health problem there is. Just about every single one. I see progressives linking to this utter horseshit article approvingly because they want to be inclusive and all that. But that kind of inclusiveness is killing people and pretending it’s all good is not going to help, just as shaming will not.
Anyway, I took the push-up test that was linked from the NYT piece. I am doing pretty good!
Fifty-five reps is what I can do now without resting. When I was in the army, I could do 130 at my peak. I’ll get there again.