Are push ups a sign of strength?

[Anonymous]

A guy does push and pull ups than me so is he stronger?

[JackCarter]

Not really.. I mean if you were able to do 10 push ups a month ago and 20 now then of course you got stronger given that your bodyweight didn't vary much

Push ups and pull ups are body weight exercises , thus the difficulty of doing that depends on your bodyweight

My little sister can do more push ups than me, but she's like less than 110 pounds and I am almost twice her size and does that mean she's "Stronger"? Hell no... I lift her on my shoulders often when we hangout LOL

One more example would be that if you take World's strongest man (Say WSM 2022)... he can do only like less than 10 pull ups but the guy who holds record for most pull ups can do much more than that

So the point is that bodyweight exercises are never an accurate way to compare strength unless both of them weigh the same

[pascal_climbs]

No, it is sign of endurance. Doing many reps is endurance, not strength.

[Jupiter1]

If you can do a lot, yes.