For functional fitness
For functional fitness, push press rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to functional fitness.
Both are good choices that build different things for functional fitness, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Push Press. Overhead power with leg drive, as in jerks and thrusters.
For functional fitness, push press rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to functional fitness. Both are good choices that build different things for functional fitness, so a plan can use both.
Air bike is easier: it’s easy to learn, while push press takes some practice.
Air bike needs a treadmill, bike or stair machine, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Push press needs a barbell and a squat rack, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Good for injury protection in our research rubric.