push up limit?

[bindaerice]

Hi ya'll~ HAve a quick Question...

When I started doing push ups 3 months ago, I couldn't do one full regular push up. So I did knee push up for 10 per set (did 100 total).

Now I can do regular push ups but it seems that looks like my limit... I can't do more than 10 and I get extremely tired.

What should I do?? I know other guys can do more than 10 when doing sets.
I feel like I'm not normal and weaker than my friends.

[meganl]

read wot u sed.. you just need to keep working at it and when u get tyred on ur toes drop back to your knees for a couple of sets, i find push ups mainly technique and practise makes perfect!!!!!

[LeiYunFat]

Start using weights to build your strength up. Keep practicing push-ups.

[erod6382]

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True, I'm in the Army so we always do push-ups, almost daily. My push-ups never really increased until I started weightlifting seriously. Build your strength up and you will be able to do more. Also don't just do regular push-ups, try them with your feet elevated or try wide-arm and close-hand (diamond).

[muscle_one1]

Is there a limit or good amount to do? or does it increase the stronger you get?

[R.Lewis]

if you can do 10, thats good, try diffrent had possitions, like lower down toward your waist, higher, wide more narrow, all these will help you.

but mainly weight lifting will help more than anything. good luck

[Jonny]

put it this way, i'm 16 yrs old and 17 in april, i started the gym 8 months ago and about 2 months ago i considered building my shoulders up more so i started on then to do push-ups, my max was only 15 with no previous attempts at it within my life...

now i do 50 every night and yes i weight train regularly...

i do 10 in my first set (warm up) then another 15 for the second set,
then i go and push myself into the third set of 25, at the end of that i'm gasping for breath and my shoulder already feel worked out, and that is every night...my count will expect to increase soon, so the whole point of this post from me is, i built up endurance of push ups mearly by time and effort, you DO the same and you'll BE the same

[bindaerice]

WOW Johnny! you do push ups evey day? Amazing!
So you can do push ups every day eh? I thought you have to rest a day after doing push ups or weightlifting.
Well for me... I do 6 sets of 5 regular push ups and then 5 sets of 10 knee push ups. After that~ I'm pooped.

[Streamline]

I did 60 or so (can't remember exact number) the other week. It started hurting after about 10 or but i had to beat this guy at school who said he can do 50 :P

[R.Lewis]

I used to do 200+ in one go, but you dont gain much after a while.

you gotta have rest days, and you shouldt just work your chest, its your gonna workout at all then you should work your whole body

[cannavaro]

Read Naked Warrior by Pavel Tsatsouline

[Streamline]

Originally Posted by manofkent

I used to do 200+ in one go, but you dont gain much after a while.

you gotta have rest days, and you shouldt just work your chest, its your gonna workout at all then you should work your whole body

holy crap 200! yeah i don't normally do pushups i was just doing like a max test to see how many i could do. I don't think i can do any more 60, 200 is huge.

[R.Lewis]

not really. I did 300 once as part of a charity day.

thing is, I run, im not very good tho, I can do 1.5miles in 10-12 mins which is ok but not that great. however, someone who is overweight, unfit and has never run before may take 30mins to get that far. then again someone who is a great runner could do it in 6mins.

so in the same sort of way, there are ppl that cant do a push up, you can do 60, i can do 200, and some guys can do 2000 without stopping.

so when you look at it like that you and me are not that far apart. plus when I was 16, I had 7 years of training and i weighted 100lbs. thats quite an advantage.

[Streamline]

100Lbs. at 16? that is an advantage i'm at 170 and soon to be 17. 2000? - no way, i'd have to see that to believe it.

[R.Lewis]

honestly, once you get to a level of fitness, and providing your pretty strong and pretty light, your body can heal its self very quickly.

For selection in the british SAS the soldiers have to run from 10-20miles a day for 3 months, most of that is up and down hills.

you'd be amazed at what the body can do.