Assuming you start directly from the floor in a push-up position instead of jumping down, then 1) you start by only doing the concentric part of a push-up, 2) then when you jump horizontally inwards it is pretty similar to only doing the concentric part of a sit-up, and 3) finally when you jump vertically upwards you are only doing the concentric part of a squat. You are hitting all the major muscle groups (except back) in concentric motions. I can't think of any other exercise that hits even one major muscle group in a strictly concentric motion. Add in pull-ups where you are only going up the bar and jump off once you get to the top and that's a full-body concentric workout.
Won't really build mass in the long-run unless you wear weighted clothes but it will be great for your mitochondria, since Dr. Peat says that concentric exercise is regenerative to mitochondria whereas eccentric exercise is destructive.
Won't really build mass in the long-run unless you wear weighted clothes but it will be great for your mitochondria, since Dr. Peat says that concentric exercise is regenerative to mitochondria whereas eccentric exercise is destructive.
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