How many push-ups?

[Anonymous]

38M

85-100 pushup. Depends on the day.

Many people don't have the tricep strength moreso than the chest strength.

I can bench press 2.5x my weight and regularly do other things like dips, incline/decline presses, shoulder presses, and sometimes exercises to isolate tris. Mostly try to focus on compound movements though with heavier weights/less reps.

[Anonymous]

57 M can do 100 pushups. Never time the plank beyond 1 minute which is easy.

Mostly I do squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press.

[Anonymous]

Male, 41. Probably 55-75. But that's good push-ups. Chest hits the floor. Hand release when the chest is down.

Cheater push ups I could probably get up over 100.

And they are a great functional exercise. You're likely to have to push things in your day to day to life, and push ups are how you train for that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:38M

85-100 pushup. Depends on the day.

Many people don't have the tricep strength moreso than the chest strength.

I can bench press 2.5x my weight and regularly do other things like dips, incline/decline presses, shoulder presses, and sometimes exercises to isolate tris. Mostly try to focus on compound movements though with heavier weights/less reps.

2.5 bodyweight?!? How much do you weigh? Do you compete?

That's a 200lb man benching 500lbs.

I'm about 210, and my 1RM on the bench is 355, which I always thought was pretty good...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:38M

85-100 pushup. Depends on the day.

Many people don't have the tricep strength moreso than the chest strength.

I can bench press 2.5x my weight and regularly do other things like dips, incline/decline presses, shoulder presses, and sometimes exercises to isolate tris. Mostly try to focus on compound movements though with heavier weights/less reps.

2.5 bodyweight?!? How much do you weigh? Do you compete?

That's a 200lb man benching 500lbs.

I'm about 210, and my 1RM on the bench is 355, which I always thought was pretty good...

It's very good: https://strengthlevel.com/strength-standards/bench-press

[Anonymous]

55 year old female. I can do 50 really solid push ups. After that, I get sloppy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:38M

85-100 pushup. Depends on the day.

Many people don't have the tricep strength moreso than the chest strength.

I can bench press 2.5x my weight and regularly do other things like dips, incline/decline presses, shoulder presses, and sometimes exercises to isolate tris. Mostly try to focus on compound movements though with heavier weights/less reps.

2.5 bodyweight?!? How much do you weigh? Do you compete?

That's a 200lb man benching 500lbs.

I'm about 210, and my 1RM on the bench is 355, which I always thought was pretty good...

(different PP) When I was at 185 my max bench was 285. Now I'm at 175 and it's 250, so I've slipped a bit. But roughly 1.5x body weight and it's tough to get above that.

I do see guys at my gym who can bench over 400lb. Not sure how much they weigh - probably mid 200s would be my guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:38M

85-100 pushup. Depends on the day.

Many people don't have the tricep strength moreso than the chest strength.

I can bench press 2.5x my weight and regularly do other things like dips, incline/decline presses, shoulder presses, and sometimes exercises to isolate tris. Mostly try to focus on compound movements though with heavier weights/less reps.

2.5 bodyweight?!? How much do you weigh? Do you compete?

That's a 200lb man benching 500lbs.

I'm about 210, and my 1RM on the bench is 355, which I always thought was pretty good...

(different PP) When I was at 185 my max bench was 285. Now I'm at 175 and it's 250, so I've slipped a bit. But roughly 1.5x body weight and it's tough to get above that.

I do see guys at my gym who can bench over 400lb. Not sure how much they weigh - probably mid 200s would be my guess.

Right. So at 240, a 2.5bw bench would be 600.

It's probably more like, that the PP weights about 140 and benches around 350 with arch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never tried to see how many push ups I can do without collapsing, but I regular do 3 sets of 40, or two sets of 40 with 20 clap push ups in the middle.

I can do over 50 push ups in 60 seconds so probably close to 100 if I really tried

I know I can hold a plank for 4 minutes or longer

Female, 33, combat veteran

Chest hits the floor? Hands released? Elbows locked out at the top? 50 push ups in 60 seconds is tough to do if you're doing them right

[Anonymous]

Are you all doing pushups correctly? That is, elbows tight to your sides the whole time? Much harder than if you let your elbows go out to the sides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all doing pushups correctly? That is, elbows tight to your sides the whole time? Much harder than if you let your elbows go out to the sides.

This. The movement standard is important in drawing this kind of comparison. Also OP's definition of "in succession." I would have vastly different results between truly unbroken and allowing, say, 1-2 seconds rest per rep, or even 10-15 seconds rest every 10-12 pushups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all doing pushups correctly? That is, elbows tight to your sides the whole time? Much harder than if you let your elbows go out to the sides.

To be clear, they don't have to be tight to the side. It's ok if you look like an arrow. its the "T" shape that you want to avoid. 45 degrees or less is ok

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all doing pushups correctly? That is, elbows tight to your sides the whole time? Much harder than if you let your elbows go out to the sides.

You can have your hands at various widths depending on where you want to focus. Narrow isn’t more “correct” than wide, just different muscles worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never tried to see how many push ups I can do without collapsing, but I regular do 3 sets of 40, or two sets of 40 with 20 clap push ups in the middle.

I can do over 50 push ups in 60 seconds so probably close to 100 if I really tried

I know I can hold a plank for 4 minutes or longer

Female, 33, combat veteran

Chest hits the floor? Hands released? Elbows locked out at the top? 50 push ups in 60 seconds is tough to do if you're doing them right

Yeah, agree. I was in the army too and if women in their 20s-30s did low 40s, that was “maxing” their PT test and they would be pretty happy. 99% of women of any age were not doing over 50, with vast majority being under 40 push-ups. I knew one woman that could do maybe 70s and she was in her 20s and a former collegiate gymnast.

[Anonymous]

Probably 25?

I prefer a 10emom for 10 which is 100 in 10 minutes.