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How many pushups can u do in a row?

kwph
kwph Posts: 7,375 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I know it's a lame question ...But someone asked me & then I said "Why how many can u do?" Suddenly I'm curious what the average person can do or does daily ....
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  • LittleHearseDriver
    LittleHearseDriver Posts: 2,677 Member
    Only 15, I need to work on my upper body strength.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    kwph wrote: »
    I know it's a lame question ...But someone asked me & then I said "Why how many can u do?" Suddenly I'm curious what the average person can do or does daily ....

    How many can you do and how many daily?

  • NewlifeinNW
    NewlifeinNW Posts: 3,866 Member
    Um..1...2...3
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    I have no idea really, never counted
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  • IceQueen1986
    IceQueen1986 Posts: 32 Member
    I haven't done normal push ups in ages but I was at 36 last time I did them. Now I only do push ups with my elbows tugged to my body and I can only manage 25 of those
  • IceQueen1986
    IceQueen1986 Posts: 32 Member
    But what about you sir?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,171 Member
    Well I was doing the 22 pushup challenge and missed a day so I doubled up and when I got to 44 I started to gas, but I think I could have gotten 50.

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  • JstTheWayIam
    JstTheWayIam Posts: 6,357 Member
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    I'm 34m 182lbs...and failed on 63
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  • ValleyHooper
    ValleyHooper Posts: 1,993 Member
    I suck at push ups!! Like really, really bad. It is embarrassing. I hate them. I have no upper body strength, which I am trying to work on. :neutral:
  • jenmar222
    jenmar222 Posts: 9,271 Member
    1,000,456 :sunglasses:
  • Xvapor
    Xvapor Posts: 1,643 Member
    Honestly like 2
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    30-35.. I do inclines and declines..
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    On my toes, maybe 7. On my knees, around 30. I'm not very strong.
  • JstTheWayIam
    JstTheWayIam Posts: 6,357 Member
    Not positive but I'm pretty sure the chart I posted above for ladies...was for push-ups on your knees
  • slivesey77
    slivesey77 Posts: 2,450 Member
    Most I've done without stopping was 41
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    I can do maybe 10
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    I could probably give you fiddy with impeccable form until the costochondritis flares up. Push-ups (and dumbbell curls) were all I did as a teenager. Bruce Lee was my idol.







  • ValleyHooper
    ValleyHooper Posts: 1,993 Member
    ClubSilencio wrote: »
    I could probably give you fiddy with impeccable form until the costochondritis flares up. Push-ups (and dumbbell curls) were all I did as a teenager. Bruce Lee was my idol.







    Ouch sounds painful. I hope it's not too severe.
  • FatOldManMN
    FatOldManMN Posts: 1,116 Member
    In a row of what?
  • Bentforkx
    Bentforkx Posts: 69 Member
    Got "talked" into a 100 pushups a day challenge by some of my 20 something friends (I'm 55), got up to 30 per set, and was getting the 100 done per day for two weeks, and then an impingement in my shoulder sidetracked my progress.....
    My silly brain still thinks I'm 20 something too..
    :/
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,506 Member
    I just asked my wife; she said: "dunno, let's find out."

    she just did 25

    .... not too bad, right?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,506 Member
    I'm between 90 -95% of my age group.


  • 4righteousnesssake
    4righteousnesssake Posts: 276 Member
    At 230-ish pounds, I can do between 35-40. And that's with my abdomen touching the ground every rep, not just bent elbows to 90°.
  • 4righteousnesssake
    4righteousnesssake Posts: 276 Member
    kwph wrote: »
    I know it's a lame question ...But someone asked me & then I said "Why how many can u do?" Suddenly I'm curious what the average person can do or does daily ....

    Good question, brother.
  • michaelludgate31
    michaelludgate31 Posts: 10 Member
    I don't think it means much really, unless it comes also with the question, how long have you been actively trying to do more. Unless you do them regularly, pushing the boundary, you'll soon drop at a lower number. I struggled around 10 and found doing them in the ad-breaks of a fav tv show got me doing lots spaced out, which upped the single set ability (sky very good!), up to 30 within a few months and around 80 a day as 4 sets of 20. Something that really bugs me is poor form fast dipping, where the whole body flexes and a brief attempt to move a few inches in made. There are videos on youtube showing good form, and someone else to spot you is also helpful. Right now, probably only 20 good form and failure around 30, not good; But not part of my current PT.
  • Desertcolt07
    Desertcolt07 Posts: 1,132 Member
    all of dem....lol, nah about 45-50
  • 4righteousnesssake
    4righteousnesssake Posts: 276 Member
    michaelludgate31 wrote: »
    I don't think it means much really, unless it comes also with the question, how long have you been actively trying to do more. Unless you do them regularly, pushing the boundary, you'll soon drop at a lower number. I struggled around 10 and found doing them in the ad-breaks of a fav tv show got me doing lots spaced out, which upped the single set ability (sky very good!), up to 30 within a few months and around 80 a day as 4 sets of 20. Something that really bugs me is poor form fast dipping, where the whole body flexes and a brief attempt to move a few inches in made. There are videos on youtube showing good form, and someone else to spot you is also helpful. Right now, probably only 20 good form and failure around 30, not good; But not part of my current PT.

    It's a good point. Some people can flop through a lot but I wouldn't call them things push-ups.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,506 Member
    how many ?

    .... all of them.
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