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How many pushups can you do?

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I'd guess 40-45. I don't workout for endurance at all!
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That is all I work out for. I'm big enough and don't see having to push anything over 225 pounds off my chest in the future.
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I don't see having to push 80 lbs off my chest 40+ times, so I keep going for size and brute strength 😀
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:thumbsup:

Out of the blue, ~50 straight. I do 3 sets of 20 diamond (close hands) every night to try and help my tris. 5'11", 170lbs, 22yo.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
100 proper push-ups is not all that hard. of course i only weigh 135 so...

I watched my H.S. track coach do 1000 push ups and 1000 crunches in a row. 100 of each alternating, he only got 10 1min breaks inbetween each set. :shocked:
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I'm not questioning your honesty, but I have to question your memory. That sounds really truly incredible, in the true definition of the word.
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it wasn't my fat assed head coach, it was his new assistant that had just got back from training in russia as a polevaulter. He was just making some extra money before he went back.
that guy was a serious badass. and yes it was, connotatively, incredible. He was about to die by the time he got done, i've never seen someone in so much pain.
i think he made a bet with some of the other coaches for money, but they wouldn't admit it, probably afraid of getting into trouble.
 
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
100 proper push-ups is not all that hard. of course i only weigh 135 so...

I watched my H.S. track coach do 1000 push ups and 1000 crunches in a row. 100 of each alternating, he only got 10 1min breaks inbetween each set. :shocked:
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I'm not questioning your honesty, but I have to question your memory. That sounds really truly incredible, in the true definition of the word.
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it wasn't my fat assed head coach, it was his new assistant that had just got back from training in russia as a polevaulter. He was just making some extra money before he went back.
that guy was a serious badass. and yes it was, connotatively, incredible. He was about to die by the time he got done, i've never seen someone in so much pain.
i think he made a bet with some of the other coaches for money, but they wouldn't admit it, probably afraid of getting into trouble.
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jeez...how long did the whole thing take?

at 2 seconds per pushup/crunch and the breaks, it would have been easily over an hour...
 
Originally posted by: iamme

jeez...how long did the whole thing take?

at 2 seconds per pushup/crunch and the breaks, it would have been easily over an hour...
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it was somewhere around an 1 1/2 -2 hours, he was going at it through pretty much our whole practice. by the end everyone was just crowded around shouting him on.
 
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Originally posted by: iamme

jeez...how long did the whole thing take?

at 2 seconds per pushup/crunch and the breaks, it would have been easily over an hour...
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it was somewhere around an 1 1/2 -2 hours, he was going at it through pretty much our whole practice. by the end everyone was just crowded around shouting him on.
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Damned Russians 🙂

 
I'm 24 and I can do 10 guy push-ups. I'm not sure how many chick push-ups I can do. I'm a pvssy. I could probably do more if it didn't hurt my shoulders so much.

If you were asking about sit-ups, it'd be a much higher number! 😉😛


: ) Amanda
 
Don't feel like doing it right now. Yesturday at the gym I did 40 after doing three sets of dumbell press. But I agree that Pull-ups are harder... on a good day I can maybe do 20 pull-ups. Use to be able to do 30 a set but I put on 20lbs. Amazing how that effects things.
 
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Don't feel like doing it right now. Yesturday at the gym I did 40 after doing three sets of dumbell press. But I agree that Pull-ups are harder... on a good day I can maybe do 20 pull-ups. Use to be able to do 30 a set but I put on 20lbs. Amazing how that effects things.
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30 real pull ups (chin above bar and ALL the way down, fully extended arms)? That's very strong if true 😛

 
age 31

almost did 2, shoulder joints cracking
time for some glucosamine/ chondroitin

anyone read the book 'naked warrior'
supposedly the author is/was a russian strengthtraining guru
and helps u get strong fast
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Don't feel like doing it right now. Yesturday at the gym I did 40 after doing three sets of dumbell press. But I agree that Pull-ups are harder... on a good day I can maybe do 20 pull-ups. Use to be able to do 30 a set but I put on 20lbs. Amazing how that effects things.
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30 real pull ups (chin above bar and ALL the way down, fully extended arms)? That's very strong if true 😛
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Yes real pull-ups, and I do them with good form too. The 30 pull-up record was back when I wanted to go into the USMC, so basically I was doing them every day, and when I worked with the recruiters we did lots of sets. I'm about 5'6" and 150lbs right now, so part of it was that I had very little fat weight.
 
im in the Navy for the last prt i did
8:56 mile and a half
104 push ups
98 sit ups

im 21 5'6 and 140 pounds im training myself for a marathon next month

people usually cheat during the prt have their buddies give them a few to pass heh

edit: pull ups 28 that was last monday
 
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