How many pushups can you do?

[mrsir2009]

I can do thirty comfortably, forty if I push myself. How about you guys?

[EDIT: It's how many pushups you can do at once, until you're too tired to do any more]

 

[NZed]

In what length of time? Or just until you cant do anymore?

 

[mrsir2009]

In what length of time? Or just until you cant do anymore?

At once, until you can't do it anymore

 

[chordate68]

50

 

[soloer]

I tried this program about 1.5 years ago:

http://hundredpushups.com/what.html

I didn't finish, but I hit about 70 before I gave up.

I'm trying again now, but I'm only on week one.

 

[BreakGuy]

Which style of push up are we talking about?

 

[mrsir2009]

Which style of push up are we talking about?

I'm assuming we're talking about the regular kind, however if you do other kinds list them too! I can do the triangle ones and the wide ones, but I haven't been doing them for long so I can't do as many of those as I can normal ones

 

[macbook pro i5]

I can do thirty comfortably, forty if I push myself. How about you guys?

[EDIT: It's how many pushups you can do at once, until you're too tired to do any more]

i see what you did there but i can do 50 at once then after i take a 2 second break i do my other 50.

 

[BreakGuy]

I was doing regular push ups and able to get 45+ at a time. Once I found out that the Police test push ups in the wide style, I could only get about 10 so I'm working on the wide style for now. Lucky I found that out sooner rather than later.

 

[mrsir2009]

I was doing regular push ups and able to get 45+ at a time. Once I found out that the Police test push ups in the wide style, I could only get about 10 so I'm working on the wide style for now. Lucky I found that out sooner rather than later.

Yeah, they are a bit harder. I struggle to do 20 of them

 

[Surely]

I always stop at 42.

 

[h00ligan]

I tried this program about 1.5 years ago:

http://hundredpushups.com/what.html

I didn't finish, but I hit about 70 before I gave up.

I'm trying again now, but I'm only on week one.

I finished it, turned out 120 for about 3 months.

Valley fever and pneumonia for a year and a half, then six months lazy. I think I can do like fifteen now. I'm just about to restart.

 

[eternlgladiator]

I tried this program about 1.5 years ago:

http://hundredpushups.com/what.html

I didn't finish, but I hit about 70 before I gave up.

I'm trying again now, but I'm only on week one.

I finished it, turned out 120 for about 3 months.

Valley fever and pneumonia for a year and a half, then six months lazy. I think I can do like fifteen now. I'm just about to restart.

I'm doing the program too. I really like it and am up to doing 100 pushups in one workout. Now I've got to get to consecutive then keep building from there. Such a good workout.

 

[VPrime]

I can do about 40... But I have been told I don't go down all the way, so maybe zero.

 

[elpmas]

30 comfortably...but I need to retest!

 

[mrsir2009]

Who does the triangle/diamond push-ups? If so, how many can you do?

 

[boss.king]

About 20. I'm terrible at pushups.

 

[Surely]

Who does the triangle/diamond push-ups? If so, how many can you do?

Usually around 15-20 in one shot. Burns my triceps.....

 

[Eidorian]

I tried this program about 1.5 years ago:

http://hundredpushups.com/what.html

I didn't finish, but I hit about 70 before I gave up.

I'm trying again now, but I'm only on week one.

I always fail after the third week. It is quite annoying.

 

[NZed]

Got up to around 50 once.

 

[mrsir2009]

Usually around 15-20 in one shot. Burns my triceps.....

Haha yeah... After about only ten my arms are burning like a bitch

 

[andalusia]

I always fail after the third week. It is quite annoying.

So do I, I always get stuck at one particular day and never seem to improve. Then I slacked a bit.. looking to restart the scheme fairly soon.

 

[Hellhammer]

I think I could do around 40-50, haven't tried regular push ups for awhile. I usually do fisted push ups (i.e. my fists on the ground instead of palms) with very slow motion (~2s down and 2s up), impacts the chest better. Can hit about 30 of those.

So do I, I always get stuck at one particular day and never seem to improve. Then I slacked a bit.. looking to restart the scheme fairly soon.

That's the case with all exercises. You can get up to a certain point fairly quickly but then the progress stagnates.

 

[Samskeyti]

10.

 

[BreakGuy]

Yeah, they are a bit harder. I struggle to do 20 of them

Managed to get to 34 doing them in the 'wide' style - the minimum number the Police require. It's all extra from here on out.