How many proper full push ups can you do?

[SamsonT]

I did a proper form push up challenge and since I can bench press a good wieght I thought I d do better.
Seems a endurance test of strength more then raw strength. I am talking about full length, deep down to full extention and not ripping through them fast. Your number will be higher is you do that.
Ie a woman who can do 40 plus is elite so it is rare.
Men over 56 is elite.
Age matters of course

1 is a struggle

about 5

10 or so

15 to 20

20 ish to 30 range

30 to 40

over 40

Updates

+1 y

Some people here are really good at push ups. I am impressed.

[kyleelyn199723]

Lol probably 3 at best. I am working on it though. I was never a huge fan of working out my arms, but now that I have better knowledge of working out, I am trying to improve myself. It’s unfortunate that I have been in bed sick all week and it ruined my streak of progressively going to the gym

[SamsonT]

Wishing you to get well fast Kyleenyn

[Apulu_3]

Sometimes I join my mom with her workout. I can do 25 in average while she does 35 in average! I don't have the habit so I can do from 15-30 and it depends on how much active I'm that time. My mom can do 30-45 as she do it everyday. The most I did was 40 as my mom pushed me to try it. I regretted it a lot. My arms felt very wriggly after that and I don't dare to do so many push ups out of a sudden now as it is so much painful later with a weird throbbing type feeling.

[SamsonT]

25 is very good. Your mom rocks

[Apulu_3]

Yes she is very strong haha.

[Apulu_3]

And thank you 😊

[SamsonT]

Yes, she is strong. Push ups are a interesting exercise. Kind of a combination of relative body weight strength and strength endurance. I was a bench presser not a push up guy. Hope I can get up to 40 as well.

[Apulu_3]

Yeah it is very tough. I wish you luck for 40!

[SamsonT]

Thanks, my girlfriend does 45 plus so I better get to 40 lol
Best to you too.

[Apulu_3]

Thanks

[Apulu_3]

Thanks for the MHO 😊

[WindAtMyBack]

20+

It's been ages since I tried to max out, but I know I can do at least 20 and still have some juice left.

Yea, it's not raw strength. That's true of most body weight exercises. There are some exceptions, like some of the things gymnasts do. Part of the reason for that is because gymnasts do so much stuff straight armed. Like try curling 50 pounds, then lift the same weight straight armed.

[Lionman95]

I´m one of the most unfit guys ever lived. At good days I manage about 5. I´m dreading doing sports because I was laughed at in school times in sport lessons. Working out is harder for me and because I developed some kind of sugar addiction things have gotten better the older I get.

[Levin]

Comparative numbers on reps really are no good, since most people have shocking form, control of the movement and range of motion..

The body should be hollow with no sag of the lower back or hips. Descent should be slow totalling 2-3 seconds. Hold at top, hold at bottom. Nose should touch the bottom (not half pushups that most people do). The movement should be controlled using muscular tension rather than just sitting on joints etc. Parallettes can be used to extend difficulty and range of motion.

If I'm fresh, I'd hope I'd get to at least 30 with the above level of precision. Perhaps I could even get to 40+.

[Ms_Vanderquack]

Once the initial lockdown took place around here I had to switch focus. Forced myself to do the things I hate. Pushups being one of them. Used this https://hundredpushups.com/week1.htmlTo work up from like 20 to 100. Still don't really like them. But I hate them less now lol.

[SamsonT]

Thats fantasic Great work

[InventorofWarp]

Probably between 20-30 in one session before I get fully winded and completely tired.
But I usually don't do more than 10 before switching to situps and can do 20 of those before switching back to push-ups. I typically repeat this between 2-4 times during a workout for a total of 30-40 mins twice a day.

[MCheetah]

I can do 15 before giving out, as I was going to the gym regularly (before vax passes banned me from going). Keep in mind, I'm 300 pounds. If I was thin (and I've never been fit my entire life) I could probably do four times that much.

[SamsonT]

15 at 300 pounds is fantastic

[MCheetah]

Push ups are easy. Sit ups, though? THOSE are a pain in the ass. And burpees too; they're the worst.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

In my 20s, I pushed myself to do a hundred. I haven't again tried since then. Once in a while, nowadays, I will accomplish 50 while my "coach" husband looks on. Even in my late 40s, I feel very athletically fit & healthy. I believe I can do 100 (or even more) full push-ups again.

[Ez-Bri-Z]

I can push myself up out of bed in the morning. So I count that as a moral victory.

Also.. I have very poor upper body strength but my legs are freakishly strong.

[kyleelyn199723]

😂 this answer is the story of my life

[Ez-Bri-Z]

Lol!

Also, I hope you start feeling better soon

[kyleelyn199723]

Thank you! Still haven’t gotten my Covid results back yet ☹️

[Ez-Bri-Z]

Really? Did they not have those same day tests there?

[kyleelyn199723]

The rapids aren’t accurate lol I took 3 rapids they all came out negative and yet what I am going through right now is exactly the sequence of how others reported omicron being like

[Ez-Bri-Z]

Oof... well here is hoping for a 4th negative. Regardless of the results, I do still hope for a speedy recovery.

[kyleelyn199723]

Thank you! I appreciate it a lot

[SamsonT]

@kyleelyn199723 Many women will say they have weak upper bodies and strong legs. Very normal but they can train the upper body to be much stronger then they realize.

[kyleelyn199723]

@SamsonT I am slowly but surely doing lol

[kyleelyn199723]

Doing that lol *

[AviatorTom]

When I was younger, I could do about 30. At my age now, doing 10 is or a few more is the best I can do. My legs are the strong part of my body, not my arms.

[SamsonT]

10 is fine. I should work on my leg strength more.

[Moose304]

I am 63 and work out every day. I am 6'2" and the last time I weighed I was 180 pounds. When I do a pushup I do the military 4 count pushup. I normally do 75 but if I am stressed can do 100 or more. No, I am NOT a bodybuilder, I do lift weights. I have a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and to do this properly I MUST have the ability to sustain a hold.

[dustybiker]

Guess I’m rare. lol
We do a lot, and all only on the first two knuckles in taekwondo. (Strengthens your punch)

[SamsonT]

Strong knuckles 👍

[dustybiker]

lol Yes. Well earned.

[Jemini_Crocket]

Barely 5 know. I used to be able to do more than 35 but that's over half a year ago when I trained everyday.

[SamsonT]

35 is great. Thats about my limits when I was bench pressing 300. Bigger upper body and arms tire faster. Now I only doing 27 or 28. You could probably get your numbers up to 20 very quickly

[Jemini_Crocket]

Maybe but I'd prefer slimming down a little, I want my collarbones to return back :D
What do you think is more crucial when trying to lose body fat? Diet or cardio?

[SamsonT]

Diet is more important of the two. Cut out for the most part carbs & sugars. Eat only certain fruits such as pomegranate, blueberries, raspberries. No snacking, no process foods. Add more good fats. Change timing of eating like intermittent fasting promotes. Things of this nature

[genericname85]

I'm the most unfit as i ever was in my life now thanks to corona. I still can do at least 25. Can't remember a day in my life where i couldn't do at least that.

[SamsonT]

Thats great. I go the the gym do a healthy bench press but still I never been great at push ups. I ve hit 40 before but I call those racing and not 100% complete (were not fully extended to the top). 35 was my max in proper push ups when I was at my strongest (bench press wise). Now I am only able to manage 27 maybe 30 on a good day. I have a muscular build too. People think I should be able to knock off 50 but I can't. I dont see I strong corralation between bench press and push ups. Somewhat yes but not to the extend I would of thought. Your 25 is excellent considering.

[genericname85]

when i was my fittest i tried the one punch man workout for a short time. i could do 100 pushups in one go. but somehow i never got over 500 pushups a day. not even if i spread them out across the day.

it depends on how you train. if you go for max strength, you obviously don't do many reps. i never tried to go for max power. i always did more reps. simply for the fact that this will reduce your risk of injury while maximizing your workout efficiency.

[Phoenix98]

Right now? Probably around 30-40.

When I was actively training though I could do around 120 without stopping.

[SamsonT]

120 holly fantastic. I could never make it to 50 if proper, impartial fast yes. My arms would always fail at the top section. Same in bench press, squeezing out at the top get me everytime lol.

[Phoenix98]

Lol well my father who was in the army trained me the same way he was in basic back in the 80s/90s.

Pushups every day and every day whether I was ready or not that limit increased if I my max was 20 then the next day I'd have to do 21 and the day after that it was raised more. And it went on like that until I could easily do around 120.

Like with all exercises though technique plays a big part in growth and how easy/hard it is. Were you going all the way down to the ground or stopping at the shoulder?

[SamsonT]

I use dumbbells as handle as I do not have flexible wrists. I go low. My chest is strong. I ve had some arm and shoulder injuries so it seems to have affected my strength extending. I now make sure I go full to the top in my push ups but that is the part of the motion where I go into failure first.

[Phoenix98]

Well when it comes to proper pushups it's best for your hands to be on the ground, either flat or in a fist.

And with pushups never go below shoulder level because it puts a lot of unnecessary strain on your shoulders.

Another thing to remember is a pushup is a compound exercise not a isolation one it works your shoulders and back in addition to the chest.

[SamsonT]

My Girlfriend goes to the gym 5 days a week. She never did push ups until this challenge. She did 30 her first time and after a week she did 40 and now can do 50 yikes. Not sure if that means her arms shoulders back chest is considered stronger in relative body weight. She says it is. She don't go low enough in my opinion though. When I made her go lower to 90 degrees she made 42 but that was after a full 3 hour workout.

[Phoenix98]

Well being a woman her body is a lot lighter then ours is. Men do have like 33% more skeletal muscle on our bodies then women do. So her being able to do that many makes sense if she actively works out.

[Prettygurl12]

These days? 10. Back in the day? I could knock 'em out and do like 50.

[SamsonT]

50 in a row is elite. You were elite. Congrats :)

[Prettygurl12]

@SamsonT - Thanks. I need to get back into it. Real ones, of course, not girl ones lol

[CheeseMonster]

20-ish. Much better than a year ago.
How many can you do?

[SamsonT]

I found I am poor at push ups for my upperbody muscularity and size. I can do about 27 which is think is not so great a total. Makes me kind of average at them. My girlfriend kicked as she reach a elite number over 40

[exitseven]

My shoulder is funky and after about 20 it starts to hurt.

[SamsonT]

yes, can happen if the form is a bit off. Try them with you arms closer to your body and not elbows too wide. 20 is good.

[exitseven]

I try it all different ways. I don't bench anymore but try dumbells and it still hurts. I have arthritis anyway.

[SecretYuna]

At least 10! If I try for more my form starts to mess up but maybe on a day I feel good I can do more!

[moonpie89]

Maybe 5 ? I have poor upper body strength but I'm strong in my legs.

[SamsonT]

Do a few every day. You will increase fast

[zagor]

Maybe 20 tops. Probably fewer now as I have trouble with my shoulders due to past injuries.

[Dinklex3]

In what amount of time?
40+.

[SamsonT]

40 if done at a smooth pace from depth to full extention should take approx 1minute :10 to 20 sec approximately. If you are done in 50 seconds I call those racing pushing ups

[Dinklex3]

Ahh.
I usually do 35 in a minute.

[SamsonT]

Thats perfect. 👍

[Moose304]

Time is important, but the best measure of health is the pulse rate. My normal resting rate is in the 45 to 60 range. I wear an apple watch that tracks mine. After my workout, my rate climbs to around the 100 to 110 range and quickly returns back to normal.

[jobego]

20 to 30 seems to be the average
glad i am the average