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

[YoungGun21]

What do you define as a set? Like a couple seconds inbetween pushups (5 or 6) and I can do 200+ but if I do them faster and w/o rest then I can do only about 60 before resting.

 

[eplebnista]

0. I have a bad left shoulder.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Safeway
No pumping like they do in the military.

What the hell is that supposed to mean? The military pushup IS well known to be the correct pushup. Full arm extension on the top, and elbows bending past 90 degrees going down. Anyways I can do a tad over 40 without breaking pace. Not sure how exactly you are defining a set, but I can do about 60 without getting up.

Going to the gym and doing regular weightlifting has improved my numbers greatly, even though I am in the military.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: YoungGun21
What do you define as a set? Like a couple seconds inbetween pushups (5 or 6) and I can do 200+ but if I do them faster and w/o rest then I can do only about 60 before resting.

Yeah.. right... And seriously, some of people reporting big numbers+, you sure you don't stand on your knees while doing it? I just did 26, chest touching ground (back lower than the elbows on the way down), back straight, nonstop pushups. Of course a person in a really good shape should be able to do 30-50.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: 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.

How do we "pump" in the military?

A proper pushup is a round trip from locked-out arms to a 90° bend in the elbow and back to locked-out arms.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: 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.

How do we "pump" in the military?

A proper pushup is a round trip from locked-out arms to a 90° bend in the elbow and back to locked-out arms.

I think that IS the proper way. By pump he probably means short little pushups really fast with 1 inch travel down and 1 inch up. (Yeah i'm talking to you liars who can do 100+ pushups )

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: 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.

How do we "pump" in the military?

A proper pushup is a round trip from locked-out arms to a 90° bend in the elbow and back to locked-out arms.

I think that IS the proper way. By pump he probably means short little pushups really fast with 1 inch travel down and 1 inch up. (Yeah i'm talking to you liars who can do 100+ pushups )

As the military is one of the few places that actually measures pushups for official record, I'm quite sure that we're the last place where people wouldn't know what a proper one is.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: 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.

How do we "pump" in the military?

A proper pushup is a round trip from locked-out arms to a 90° bend in the elbow and back to locked-out arms.

I think that IS the proper way. By pump he probably means short little pushups really fast with 1 inch travel down and 1 inch up. (Yeah i'm talking to you liars who can do 100+ pushups )

As the military is one of the few places that actually measures pushups for official record, I'm quite sure that we're the last place where people wouldn't know what a proper one is.

I'm not in military, but I agree

 

[b0mbrman]

Here's your pushup:

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Taken from here - Text (Scroll down to "Instructions")

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Analog
Depends on what you call a pushup. There are a lot of cheaters.

Plus the guys that typically will say "I don't know, probably about 50 or so".

I just came off injury (3 months of rehab and 9 months inactivity), but prior to that I could do close to 100 in good form on a good day and about 50-75 anytime else. I didn't really train for endurance though...I would work out with 100-110lb DB's for bench press though.

 

[Safeway]

Actually, people in the military do just pump ... in order to quickly go through punishments.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Actually, people in the military do just pump ... in order to quickly go through punishments.

What the hell are you referring to? This makes no sense at all.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Actually, people in the military do just pump ... in order to quickly go through punishments.

What the...if I were punishing someone by making them do pushups (I don't as it's not my place) and saw that they were using incorrect form, I would punish them further by making them do correct pushups.

Which branch of the military have you been serving with that allows this "pumping?"

 

[Vidda]

I haven't maxed in quite a while, but I do reps of 50.

 

[MegaVovaN]

I did 42 in a set on a warm-up before swimming 6 months ago.
I don't weightlift, that's kinda unnecessary.

Ppl who think they do 100+...yea LOL

 

[SWScorch]

When I was doing pushups seriously, I once made it to 74. I could do more if I did them incorrectly. Now, I can probably do 50 max.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: 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.

That's pretty funny. Someone should have written an article about this with pictures.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: 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.

Woah. How many people were on this floor?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: 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.

Woah. How many people were on this floor?

High 30's.

I dunno; I don't have a problem believing that people can do over 100. I'd be lucky to be able to do 20 or 30 right now. But, many of the guys I've met who have been in the martial arts (with a tough teacher, not a Mr. Miyagi) would laugh at the thought of only being able to do 100.

I couldn't even begin to estimate how many knuckle push-ups I did over the course of a few years.

 

[alkemyst]

I think around 75 is considered upper 99% for men even late in life. I thought marines used that in their tests, but they use pull ups..

here are some records: http://recordholders.org/en/list/pushups.html

 

[VanTheMan]

I can rep 50 easy. I don't know about max, but I'm guessing 70ish. I can press a handstand and planche as well.

 

[Excelsior]

35-40, so I voted 30-39. I am way out of shape.

 

[indamixx99]

About 25-30. I have mild tendonitis in the right wrist, so it starts to hurt pretty bad once I get to around this amount.

 

[chowmein]

my best was 75 pushups in a minute. that was when i was working out like everyday.

 

[skace]

15, Chin to the ground though.