How many push-ups can you do in one set?

[Safeway]

I was just able to do 47 in one set, which is a personal best. After waiting about 5 minutes, I was able to crank out 39 more in a set.

Just a month ago, I could only do about 20 in a set.

Edit: One push-up is one standard push-up (Nose to ground, then all the way back up). Hands at should width, straight/flat back, no knees, and full movement. No pumping like they do in the military.

 

[Analog]

Depends on what you call a pushup. There are a lot of cheaters.

 

[Fingolfin269]

You can do 47 and yet your greatest option is 10-14???

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
You can do 47 and yet your greatest option is 10-14???

I accidentally posted the message without adding a poll. You caught me while adding answers.

 

[necine]

I used to be able to do 200... buuuut i havent worked out in a year so maybe 25?

 

[Luthien]

I could do 100+ easily when in the military but those days are long gone.

Just to show off I would do 125 pushups back then.

 

[91TTZ]

275,000

 

[Fritzo]

I can only do 20-30, but I usually do them after lifting, so my arms are fatigued (plus I'm 220 lbs).

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I can only do 20-30, but I usually do them after lifting, so my arms are fatigued (plus I'm 220 lbs).

Right on. I'm at 202 lbs. I get killer tricep pumps when I superset push-ups with tricep extensions.

 

[Kadarin]

When I was in the military, I could do 100. Now, I can do somewhere between 50-75.

 

[DrPizza]

100?? When I was in Tae Kwon Do, that was standard punishment at the end of the lesson if the class was lazy. And, that was followed by 100 sit-ups on an incline. Another kid on the 3rd floor of my dorm bet the floor that he could do more pushups than the rest of the floor combined. He won. And, for the last 2 or 3 guys, he had one of the girls from the second floor sitting on his back.

 

[yankeesfan]

45 or so.

 

[darkxshade]

I can do exactly 1337 per set

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I can only do 20-30, but I usually do them after lifting, so my arms are fatigued (plus I'm 220 lbs).

Right on. I'm at 202 lbs. I get killer tricep pumps when I superset push-ups with tricep extensions.

Just as long as you don't mistake the pump as an indicator of progress. 😉

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Safeway

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I can only do 20-30, but I usually do them after lifting, so my arms are fatigued (plus I'm 220 lbs).

Right on. I'm at 202 lbs. I get killer tricep pumps when I superset push-ups with tricep extensions.

Of course if a girl is walking by my count will automatically change: "19...20...21...errrrr...197....198...199...200! WHEW!"

 

[Fingolfin269]

Where is the option for 1000+?

 

[FleshLight]

50-60 depending on my motivation

 

[tfinch2]

32

 

[Fraggable]

I'm a weak little white boy, I can do about 25 without my arms turning to noodles.

Thought about working on it regularly, but then I realized I'd have to keep it up indefinitely and... I'm lazy.

 

[Tiamat]

about 3 🙁

 

[jupiter57]

2
Then it takes about 10 minutes to catch my breath.
Then a 30 Min. power nap to re-energize.
J/K, (But not far off!)

Old age is a BI**H!

 

[Ricemarine]

I usually repped 50, haven't tried maxing yet...

 

[thomsbrain]

used to do 50, but i'm guessing i'd poop out around 25 these days.

 

[b0mbrman]

Didn't we just have this thread?

 

[b0mbrman]

I guess it wasn't that recently:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=2010943