You either love or hate push-ups, in my opinion. I’m yet to meet someone indifferent to them, but one push-up variation that garners a lot more hate than love is the resistance band push-up. Self-confessed fitness sadist that I am, I did 50 reps a day for one week. 

I keep one of the on standby for impromptu home workouts when I can’t get to my favorite classes, so it felt like the perfect opportunity to add the exercise into my upper body routine for a week.

Before we get into it, it’s worth mentioning that 50 reps a day long-term wouldn’t be the best way to build upper body strength or muscle. Your weekly routine should be varied, progressively overload the body, target multiple muscle groups and include active recovery and rest days, providing your muscles the chance to repair and build.