How many press-ups can you do, correctly?

[Decebal]

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...like this...?

[karatekid530]

he could go a little deeper in the pic, and i can do around 100 in one go

[Jazzo]

Don't know.

I like to bounce a little.

Strict form is pointless.

That guy is not going right down.

[Vantage_West]

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...like this...?my god the guy is a machine.....he's still going:shock:



anmd still going

[Relentless]

my max was something like 120 last year.

[Ajfourty7]

About 75

[stevexx28]

wow just call it a pushup.

[Youngblood]

wow just call it a pushup.

I believe it is an across the pond difference. When I got online on boxing forums and keep reading 'press up' I didn't know what the hell...so I wouldn't respond.

Then about a month later, i was like...OH, a push up. :patsch

[Relentless]

how much do you weigh?

145 back then, now around 153 because i haven't been training for nearly 3 months.

[joejab]

I can currently do around 55 to 60 in one go, after this summer I will be able to do more.

[Punisher33]

Pushups are alot easier to do when your lighter, but anywhere over 100 is extremely impressive at any weight. I'm about 195 and could do around 35 pushups now, 55 was my max when I was 160 back in 11th grade.

[Jnes]

A lot of the guys who do around 100 probably do them very quickly without using strict form.

If you do 100, try doing them slowly and touch your chest to the floor, then lock out your arms after you rise.

I'm not saying they should be done this way, but most guys with huge numbers machine gun out a bunch of BS half push-ups. I've seen it a million times.

[Rakim]

I haven't tried for ages, but I doubt I'd do more than 30.

[Relentless]

Pushups are alot easier to do when your lighter, but anywhere over 100 is extremely impressive at any weight. I'm about 195 and could do around 35 pushups now, 55 was my max when I was 160 back in 11th grade.

Thats just an excuse, are you saying the lighter guys are as strong as the heavier guys?

there are plenty of 200lb guys who can do over 100's of push ups.

those who want it find a way, those who dont find an excuse.

[viru§™]

Pushups are alot easier to do when your lighter

Hmmm, no. If I lose 50lbs I won't suddenly be able to do 100 pushups. To be good at pushups you have to do pushups, weight doesn't come into it.

[Jbuz]

I've been doing a lot lately.

If I take it slow, and go all the way down, I can only do around 60-65 (though I have done over 70 a couple of times, it's just that I can't move my arms for a while after). However, I usually go fairly quick, and go about 4/5 of what would be regarded as "all the way", and when I do that, I can do 110-120. Going slow tires me much faster... for obvious reasons. I prefer doing the latter, because it's in my mind that it helps explosiveness. I don't know, nor care, if it's true. :lol:

I weigh around 183.

[Relentless]

Your Pushing Less Weight On Your Muscles If Your Lighter,

It's PHYSICS.

You'll do more bicep curls with 20lbs then with 40lbs...

so everyone has the same amount of strength?

[viru§™]

Your Pushing Less Weight On Your Arms If Your Lighter,

It's PHYSICS.

You'll do more bicep curls with 20lbs then with 40lbs...
I weigh about 170lbs and can do about 50 pushups, a friend of mine is 145lbs and can only do 20. :huh Kinda does over your idea of physics ah?

Your idea only works if everyone has the same base strength, which nobody does.

[Relentless]

All this sounds as stupid as when a fat guy told me his 10 push ups are the same as my 50 because he is bigger, so he only has to do a few a day to get as ripped as me.

[viru§™]

Virus All that means is you have Stronger Muscles...

its like saying I can lift 100kg, but a 2 year can't even do 10kg
No. It means I practice pushups. You said "Your Pushing Less Weight On Your Arms If Your Lighter" obviously, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to do more pushups.

It's all relative to the person, not how much they weigh.

[viru§™]

yh it is relative to the person but

You Do More Reps with Less Weight... PROVEN FACT!!

I'll repeat what I said one post ago -

I weigh about 170lbs and can do about 50 pushups, a friend of mine is 145lbs and can only do 20.

To get good at a repetitive movement like pushups, situps, squats etc you have to do them... a lot. Somebody weighing 120lbs doesn't automatically make them better at pushups than someone that weighs 150lbs.

[viru§™]

yh i know Training is the main factor in doing more reps.

if you think weight doesnt make a difference

strap on a 40-50lbs weighted vest and try and do just 20 push ups

This is about bodyweight training, don't try that BS.

[BlackWater]

About 50 at 165. Nothing spectacular.

[Relentless]

yh i know Training is the main factor in doing more reps.

if you think weight doesnt make a difference

strap on a 40-50lbs weighted vest and try and do just 20 push ups

lose 40lb and then see if you can do more press ups.

[Punisher33]

Thats just an excuse, are you saying the lighter guys are as strong as the heavier guys?

there are plenty of 200lb guys who can do over 100's of push ups.

those who want it find a way, those who dont find an excuse. If thats true, why is the guy that holds the record for the most pushups in a row, under 160 pounds? It takes less force to push 150 pounds off the ground, than it does 200. I bet if you ask the strongest guy "lifting wise" in your gym to 100 pushups, I would bet everything in my bank account that he cant.

I use myself as example, when I weighed 160 I was able to more chinups and pushups than I could do now at 195, yet, I could lift alot more than I can when I was 160, why is that you think? I'm not saying doing over a 100 pushups isnt impressive, because it is, no matter what weight you are, but I would alot more impressed to see a guy 225 bust out 100 pushups, than someone 150-160.

[Relentless]

If thats true, why is the guy that holds the record for the most pushups in a row, under 160 pounds? It takes less force to push 150 pounds off the ground, than it does 200. I bet if you ask the strongest guy "lifting wise" in your gym to 100 pushups, I would bet everything in my bank account that he cant.

I use myself as example, when I weighed 160 I was able to more chinups and pushups than I could do now at 195, yet, I could lift alot more than I can when I was 160, why is that you think? I'm not saying doing over a 100 pushups isnt impressive, because it is, no matter what weight you are, but I would alot more impressed to see a guy 225 bust out 100 pushups, than someone 150-160.

virus' friend can't do as many push ups as him, and he weighs less than virus, explain that:hey

[Punisher33]

virus' friend can't do as many push ups as him, and he weighs less than virus, explain that:hey Pushups are only one workout, there are many to test ones strength. As far as Virus' friend, I never met him or seen him in action, he might just suck at pushups, but can do more chinups than Virus', I dont know.

I would however lay alot of money down that if you randomly pulled 100 people off the street over the age of 18, 50 being 150-175, the other 50 being 200-225, the guys weighing less would do more pushups, as well as chinups or any body weight exercise. I however would bet on the guys weighing more to be able to lift more in almost every weighted exercise.

[MrSmall]

Man, does this thread suck absolute balls.

[Decebal]

Man, does this thread suck absolute balls.

Why, exactly? How many can you do?

I can do 45, on a good day.

[Boyd]

i did 58 yesterday and i weigh 215. the last 5 were pretty shakey. i use to weigh around 190 and could do around 100.

[joekirkbycobra]

i no a fella who did 3154 in a hour
in an attempt to beat the world record