You’ve heard about push-ups, right? Done against a wall or with your knees on the ground, or if you’re super hardcore, a full push-up in the plank position.

But have you heard about ‘soleus push-ups’?

There’s some new and really exciting research from the University of Houston about a new type of push-up involving only your lower leg that you can do while sitting down.

On this episode, Gab and Sarah explain what the soleus push-up is, and how it can lead to better metabolic health.

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Discovery unlocks potential of ‘special’ muscle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaK6TThRMdE 

‘Soleus pushup’ fuels metabolism for hours while sitting https://stories.uh.edu/2022-soleus-pushup/index.html 

A potent physiological method to magnify and sustain soleus oxidative metabolism improves glucose and lipid regulation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9404652/ 

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