“How you do the push-up matters far more than how many repetitions you could do”, explained Jeff Cavaliere. Doing five push-ups with the proper form is difficult and far more rewarding to building our strength than doing thirty, fifty or any number of half-ass push-ups.
In a blog post, professor Cal Newport explains how the long hours we stay glued to books doesn’t really make a difference, but rather a small number of hours, with complete focus and intensity will give us more effective results.
We’ve all heard the concept of “Quality over quantity” and even debates of “both quality and quantity matter”, while I’m not here to argue over who’s right or wrong, I like to remind you this discussion depends on the subject we are talking about. Nevertheless, I’ll share an important but often mislooked part of the equation in both the above cases: push-ups and studying.
Quality precedes quantity. Before we do the X reps, we first need to figure out the proper form and engage with it. Same goes for studying, right strategies far outweighs than cramming sleepless nights with books glued to noses.
This is true for most cases. We should be trying to figure out doing this correctly and smartly before getting into the dance. This isn’t true for every case, say for creative endeavours. I can’t be a better writer by just reading hundreds of books before writing a single sentence. No, the only way to be a better writer is fail. Fail and fail until you learn to do a decent job. We can never achieve greatness by hiding inside a closet.
Say we’ve figured out how to do a proper push-up. Now, we’ll be pushing the limit with the repetitions. But, it can become an overwork itself. Too much reps will cause you to injure yourself , sometimes very serious injuries. So quantity matters too, to a certain extent.
With all said and done, quality precedes over quanity for most cases. Do a proper push-up, I bet you can’t do ten of them.
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