How many push-ups can you do?

Winning_Stroke

Be honest. I'm not overweight by much, I get my 10,000 in every day and like hiking but rarely ever work out outside of that. This morning I thought I'd challenge myself to see how many push-ups I could do for the craic. I got to 50 and thought "Balls to this".

If you aren't sure, please make your way away from your desk and try to do as many as you can. I recommend in the fire escape.

Omackeral

I don’t do push ups, I push the world down.

Woke Hogan

The fire escape is for escaping fires, not exercise.

Winning_Stroke

Omackeral wrote: »

I don’t do push ups, I push the world down.

Yeah but how many times can you do it?

Woke Hogan wrote: »

The fire escape is for escaping fires, not exercise.

Don't be daft, there's never a fire. But if you want, go out to the carpark. Mind you're not run down though.

Deebles McBeebles

10,000? Pffft!

Winning_Stroke

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

10,000? Pffft!

10,000 steps is hardly a lot considering my commute, large office building and pointless meetings, and lunch time walk. It's just over 5 miles in total.

careless sherpa

Winning_Stroke wrote: »

Be honest. I'm not overweight by much, I get my 10,000 in every day and like hiking but rarely ever work out outside of that. This morning I thought I'd challenge myself to see how many push-ups I could do for the craic. I got to 50 and thought "Balls to this".

If you aren't sure, please make your way away from your desk and try to do as many as you can. I recommend in the fire escape.

Do 50 press ups without building up to it. I can imagine the sloppy state of form in accomplishing that

MarinersBlues

Cock push-ups??











One

GLaDOS

Cock push ups?

Your Face

101 with good form.

CrankyHaus

Counting steps is for middle-aged women in those runners with the weird soles that clench their arse-cheeks up (MTBs?).

elefant

50 push-ups without doing any working out is pretty phenomenal.

Winning_Stroke

careless sherpa wrote: »

Do 50 press ups without building up to it. I can imagine the sloppy state of form in accomplishing that

elefant wrote: »

50 push-ups without doing any working out is pretty phenomenal.

Maybe the last few might have went to a video ref, and I did not look like my usual Adonis self after the endevour.

Cee-Jay-Cee

4 on a good day...2 any other day.

Mortelaro

I do 100 sit ups 3 days lately
6 sets of 15 and 1 ten with a minute break inbetween reps
120 knee ups in 3 sets of 40 reps on the other days
Both take only about 15 minutes

MarinersBlues

GLaDOS wrote: »

Cock push ups?

https://youtu.be/MSxJoPJFxOg

Hector Savage

10k pushups?

my arse!!!

s7ryf3925pivug

Hundreds I reckon. Not all on the same day though.

Winning_Stroke

Hector Savage wrote: »

10k pushups?

No.

TommyKnocker

Winning_Stroke wrote: »

Be honest. I'm not overweight by much, I get my 10,000 in every day and like hiking but rarely ever work out outside of that. This morning I thought I'd challenge myself to see how many push-ups I could do for the craic. I got to 50 and thought "Balls to this".

If you aren't sure, please make your way away from your desk and try to do as many as you can. I recommend in the fire escape.

This is proper push up form if, you are not going all the way down and locking out at the top you are not doing pushups. If you can do 50 strict form pushups with out any training then fair play.

TommyKnocker

TommyKnocker wrote: »

This is proper push up form if, you are not going all the way down and locking out at the top you are not doing pushups. If you can do 50 strict form pushups with out any training then fair play.

Exactly, there are push ups and there are "push-ups".

The correct answer is, while counting aloud...

1
2
3

pretty girl comes in the room.

124
125
126

Winning_Stroke

TommyKnocker wrote: »

This is proper push up form if, you are not going all the way down and locking out at the top you are not doing pushups. If you can do 50 strict form pushups with out any training then fair play.

I know what a proper one is, when I was a teenager I was properly fit and well, then I discovered pints.

AllGunsBlazing

10 proper ones followed by maybe 20 or so fake, not really push ups before collapsing in a heap.

Bobblehats

Ah yeah the pushup. Aka the toe-crunch, no thanks

RMAOK

Omackeral wrote: »

I don’t do push ups, I push the world down.

Hi Chuck Norris

Mister Vain

Its a while since Ive actually counted but I used to be able to do about 70-80. Now I just mix it up with dips and bench press.

sbsquarepants

I can easily do 100 - 150 .........if you give me enough time.... couple of weeks maybe:D

Arghus

elefant wrote: »

50 push-ups without doing any working out is pretty phenomenal.

The whole thread is a humblebrag.

RobertKK

Depends, usually it is 3 sets of 10 normal and then sometimes along with that it is 3 sets of wide push ups. So that would be 60, but I need that break in between...no way would it be 60 in one go.

iamstop

I used to be fond of the decline pushup meself. Start about level with your arms locked and your feet up on a chair, bench or stool. Bend at the elbows and lower your body until you almost touch the ground with your face. Then lift your body back up and lock the arms again to complete.
I used to ask randos to think of a number between 20 and 40 and I'd do what ever number they said. I'd all but stopped working out from about last summer until the start of this year so I'd be really struggling to get 20. For now. Won't be long before I can get close to 40 again. Check back with me in March eh.

forzacalcio

10

Bob Harris

iamstop wrote: »

I used to be fond of the decline pushup meself. Start about level with your arms locked and your feet up on a chair, bench or stool. Bend at the elbows and lower your body until you almost touch the ground with your face. Then lift your body back up and lock the arms again to complete.
I used to ask randos to think of a number between 20 and 40 and I'd do what ever number they said. I'd all but stopped working out from about last summer until the start of this year so I'd be really struggling to get 20. For now. Won't be long before I can get close to 40 again. Check back with me in March eh.

JimsAlterEgo

to failure? or total before you can do more?

iamstop

JimsAlterEgo wrote: »

to failure? or total before you can do more?

Whats the diff?

jiltloop

elefant wrote: »

50 push-ups without doing any working out is pretty phenomenal.

Some might even say it's unbelievable, in a very literal sense.

jimmycrackcorm

0.

But to be fair, the Luas is packed.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

They’re not push ups, they’re letdowns. I can do 0.127 letdowns.

BorneTobyWilde

30 non stop proper push-ups. Then I'm out, follow it with 30 proper squats, ie knees behind toes, waist below knees

The Tetrarch

TommyKnocker wrote: »

This is proper push up form if, you are not going all the way down and locking out at the top you are not doing pushups. If you can do 50 strict form pushups with out any training then fair play.

Unpossible.
When I was 20 (almost 70 now) my routine was 50 finger-tip press-ups (max up and touch floor at down, body straight) three times in 15 minutes. It took 18 months to build up to that level, adding a few every week.

s7ryf3925pivug

iamstop wrote: »

I used to be fond of the decline pushup meself. Start about level with your arms locked and your feet up on a chair, bench or stool. Bend at the elbows and lower your body until you almost touch the ground with your face. Then lift your body back up and lock the arms again to complete.
I used to ask randos to think of a number between 20 and 40 and I'd do what ever number they said. I'd all but stopped working out from about last summer until the start of this year so I'd be really struggling to get 20. For now. Won't be long before I can get close to 40 again. Check back with me in March eh.

You asked random people to pick a number and then you'd put your feet on a stool and do that number of pushups?

What? Is it a prank or something?

iamstop

April Slow Molar wrote: »

You asked random people to pick a number and then you'd put your feet on a stool and do that number of pushups?

What? Is it a prank or something?

No.

It was legitness.

ILoveYourVibes

What type of pushups?

ILoveYourVibes

jiltloop wrote: »

Some might even say it's unbelievable, in a very literal sense.

It's not ...people often make adaptations when beginning to make an exercise easier. Widening the arms etc. It makes 50 push ups easy.

Its still beneficial. Its just when you correct form etc. They are surprised by how much of a difference it makes.

lawred2

Would do over a hundred of varying types..

But your standard run of the mill full pushup... Probably 50 or so in one go.. not the easier wide arm pushup either

Must try this evening

ILoveYourVibes

BTW there is no one proper push up form. There are lots of forms. And everyone has different anatomy or shoulder issues etc or wants to work a certain area.

Don't be so judgy!

But you are doing an easier variation of push up if you can do 50 with no training.

Raconteuse

I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now.

dragona

I can do 3 properly.

lawred2

Raconteuse wrote: »

I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now.

Alright Bateman

Die Hard 2019

I can do 200 strict, but I built up to it using the grease the groove Russian Pavlae T something method. Did it when I went from heavy weights press- bench-squat-deadlift to body weight single leg squat- handstand press-pushup-deadlift.
I used offsets, wide, feet raised and negative weighted to push through from 50-100 and then in tens up to 200.

Pull ups and chin ups are my next goal.

Quantum Erasure

1 or 2 hundred

ILoveYourVibes

dragona wrote: »

I can do 3 properly.

You can do 3 of a certain type of push up. Then you should switch to keep training the same muscles to a lesser degree.

10 proper push ups and building that up every day is nowhere near as good as 10 proper push ups then 20 wide arm push ups then 40 incline push ups. Then proper push ups again ...when you reach failure ..go on to your knees.

Plus some people have back issues and will never go on to their toes etc.