How many push ups can you do at one go?

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  • NRBreit
    NRBreit Posts: 319 Member
    My wife and I followed the hundredpushups.com plan for 6 weeks. It is very, very tough after Week 3 or 4. She ended up doing 51 and I got 62.
  • drgndancer
    drgndancer Posts: 426 Member
    So for the purposes of this challenge, what are we calling "one go"? In the Army PT test you had to do as many good pushups as you could in 2 minutes with the following rules: You can't rest on the ground (obviously). You can't rest on your knees. You can "rest" in the up position, flex your back and stretch your arms a bit, but only while maintaining four points of contact on the ground (so your feet and hands have to stay on the ground, no lifting them and shaking them out). If we're talking about straight, not stopping at all, one after the other pushups, I can do around 45. By the Army definition of "not stopping" I could probably do like 60.
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    girl pushups 20, normal pushups 8.
  • Shrelana
    Shrelana Posts: 248 Member
    I can do 25 from my knees without stopping (can't do the normals due to my foot), it was like 3 in September...so all that strength training is doing something!
  • karensoxfan
    karensoxfan Posts: 902 Member
    10.

    Which is low compared to what most people here are posting, but considering in April 2012, I couldn't do 1, and I did my first ever full pushup on the floor only at the end of September, I'm pretty pleased with being able to do 10 (full pushups, no knees). :happy:
  • Cwyman1
    Cwyman1 Posts: 72 Member
    My best was 82 this past summer. I was doing P90x & the 100 push-up challenge during that time. Right now only about 60, but I'm working on it.

    I have a hard time with pull-ups/chin-ups though. I can only do about 8...ugh!
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    My personal best is 17 full ones but that only happens when it's the first thing I do in the morning. If I do them at the end of my workout it's more like 10-12. Getting more in is definitely one of my goals!
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    Back when I was screwing around with P90x (doing pushups on a more regular basis) I was up to 35 - and those were real pushups FWIW.
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
    Probably about 7 or 8.
    My arms are pretty weak. My legs are a power house though.
  • jsmcintyre
    jsmcintyre Posts: 26 Member
    Did 72 on my semi-annual fitness test earlier this month.
  • Erienneb
    Erienneb Posts: 592 Member
    The first week I did push ups I could do 11 from my knees.
    It's been just over two weeks and I can do 15, but the last two are very hard. If I go down for another one I literally cannot push myself back up haha.
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    Max is right around 70. I usually do them in 3 sets of 50.
  • LuluG7
    LuluG7 Posts: 38
    20 full push ups if it's a good day ahaha! I need to work on my arms more! :)
  • juliec33
    juliec33 Posts: 238 Member
    My max has been 41 full pushups in 2 minutes. Our bootcamp does the Army Physical Fitness test every month or so and according to the Army charts I'm supposed to be able to do 40 for my age group.
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
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  • skittles1928
    skittles1928 Posts: 57 Member
    3. I should probably work on that.
  • wolfehound22
    wolfehound22 Posts: 859 Member
    I've managed 50 a few times, hoping to get that number up.

    Speaking of pushups, this weekend is my birthday, and I've given myself a birthday challenge. Going to attempt 3000 pushups in one day. Yep I'm crazy, but figured whether I meet that goal or not, Its a good way to startoff as I turn 30 :)
  • joshuaadavidd
    joshuaadavidd Posts: 11
    When I started in May, I could maybe do 1 or 2. In September it was up to 7. Yesterday I did 14 in one go and I figure I could probably do a couple more.
  • djames92
    djames92 Posts: 990 Member
    45 regular
    32 elevated
    15 reverse
  • DirtyForWeeks
    DirtyForWeeks Posts: 16 Member
    57 Military style (Head up, chest to the floor with a full extension up)
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    i did 15 this morning! sweat was pouring down my face but i always try to do 1 more than the previous day.
  • John2347
    John2347 Posts: 336 Member
    78
  • Rum_Runner
    Rum_Runner Posts: 617 Member
    :sad:
    only about 15 before I need a break
  • nonstopper
    nonstopper Posts: 1,108 Member
    80 - 85
  • palmerig88
    palmerig88 Posts: 623 Member
    anywhere from 6 to 11 dude ones. But I will improve! :)
  • crazy4lulu
    crazy4lulu Posts: 822 Member
    83 and i just did that yesterday at the end of my chest routine
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    I've haven't tried to find my max in ages. But, just a couple of months ago, after completing RushFit, I did 42 in one minute for the "after" assessment. I could have still gone, I'm sure.

    Heck, why not drop down in the office and find out about right now?

    OK - 47 before I felt my form starting to go due south.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    5 and proud of it use to be able to do 0

    me too!
  • blakejohn
    blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
    on the Navy PRT I stop at 100
  • zombilishious
    zombilishious Posts: 1,250 Member
    I'm doing 3 sets of 15 - "guy style". I could probably get to 20 reps, but I'm still rehabbing shoulder tendinitis and I don't want to push it.

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