What percentage of your body weight are you "benchpressing" when you do a pushup?

[RaynorWolfcastle]

70% maybe? Can anyone here make an educated guess, I don't benchpress so I can't really compare it but maybe one of you can.

 

[dug777]

400%

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: dug777
400%

:shocked:

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: dug777
400%

Down with the night crew.

 

[cjgallen]

Weight yourself on a bathroom scale
Do a pushup on the bathroom scale
Compare numbers

 

[Mrvile]

Damn gotta do more pushups!!!

 

[aplefka]

I'd guess 30%

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: dug777
400%

:shocked:

LOL

 

[PG]

I say it's impossible to tell, you can shift your weight around quite a bit.
Worry more about squats, deadlifts, and lifting weight over your head, those give you more overall strength. I don't really understand the whole obsession with benching.

 

[EvilYoda]

That'll depend on your body type...people with very strong legs will obviously be pushing a smaller percentage of their overall body weight because more weight is nearer to the pivot, your feet...if you're either really built in your upper body or you're just fat, you'll be pushing more due to more mass being concentrated near your arms.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: PG
I say it's impossible to tell, you can shift your weight around quite a bit.
Worry more about squats, deadlifts, and lifting weight over your head, those give you more overall strength. I don't really understand the whole obsession with benching.

Well, pushups train muscle endurance more than strength, plus you don't need any equipment...

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Weight yourself on a bathroom scale
Do a pushup on the bathroom scale
Compare numbers

Sounded like a good idea so I tried it. It worked out to about 67% for me but I'm not sure how accurate that is. Either way, close enough for what I wanted to know

for you.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

You're an engineer, aren't you? Calculate the torque you're applying to your body to push it upward on the fulcrum of your toes.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: PG
I say it's impossible to tell, you can shift your weight around quite a bit.
Worry more about squats, deadlifts, and lifting weight over your head, those give you more overall strength. I don't really understand the whole obsession with benching.

To be honest, I'm worried about none of these, I was just curious.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Weight yourself on a bathroom scale
Do a pushup on the bathroom scale
Compare numbers

Sounded like a good idea so I tried it. It worked out to about 67% for me but I'm not sure how accurate that is. Either way, close enough for what I wanted to know

for you.

What part of the pushup motion were you in when you weighed yourself?

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Weight yourself on a bathroom scale
Do a pushup on the bathroom scale
Compare numbers

Sounded like a good idea so I tried it. It worked out to about 67% for me but I'm not sure how accurate that is. Either way, close enough for what I wanted to know
for you.

What part of the pushup motion were you in when you weighed yourself?

Just held it at the top, I realize that it's not all that accurate, but I just wanted a rough estimate

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
You're an engineer, aren't you? Calculate the torque you're applying to your body to push it upward on the fulcrum of your toes.

dear lord

 

[Sluggo]

About 70-75%

I have done a few close grip pushups on the bathroom scale. I weigh about 200, the weight registering on the scale was in the 140-150 range. And I do have big legs, and a big upper body.

More than I thought it would be.

 

[StormRider]

Can anyone else here do a push up entirely with their penis?

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: StormRider
Can anyone else here do a push up entirely with their penis?

i can do one.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: StormRider
Can anyone else here do a push up entirely with their penis?

I exercise it everyday, and still cant do one.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: PG
I say it's impossible to tell, you can shift your weight around quite a bit.
Worry more about squats, deadlifts, and lifting weight over your head, those give you more overall strength. I don't really understand the whole obsession with benching.

What's a deadlift? And lifting weight over your head how?

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
70% maybe? Can anyone here make an educated guess, I don't benchpress so I can't really compare it but maybe one of you can.

I can do 88.888889% of my weight. (160/180)
Edit: didn't really read topic.. I don't know about when doing a pushup.. but that's how much I can benchpress.

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: fanerman91

Originally posted by: PG
I say it's impossible to tell, you can shift your weight around quite a bit.
Worry more about squats, deadlifts, and lifting weight over your head, those give you more overall strength. I don't really understand the whole obsession with benching.

What's a deadlift? And lifting weight over your head how?

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBDeadlift.html

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: fanerman91

Originally posted by: PG
I say it's impossible to tell, you can shift your weight around quite a bit.
Worry more about squats, deadlifts, and lifting weight over your head, those give you more overall strength. I don't really understand the whole obsession with benching.

What's a deadlift? And lifting weight over your head how?

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/BBDeadlift.html

That looks like a great website. Thanks