How many push ups can you do?

[Fil]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Yeah, although I never do pushups for some reason, I can do about 50+ at one time. I doubt in under a minute however, since that would require me to do some of them in under 1 second, which is pretty darn fast.

It would have to be 60+ for you to need to do 'em in under 1 second.

I can do about 40 easily, 50 if I try. I think Apex's fitness gauge puts you at "healthy" or "very healthy" if you're at or over 35 or something. Anything less is a sign of poor muscle endurance, which could mean a number of things.

[slim jim]

lmao,
i dont have anything to say but it wont let me post without at least 10 characters (ignore this lol )

[Compton82]

The army gives you 2 minutes for their fitness test. Im always between 80-84

[R.Lewis]

This is not fact. but I believe you have to do 60 in 2mins to get in to entry level armed forced.

The most ive ever done is 300 without putting my knee down, it took a while tho. I can do about 70 per min.

Its easier if you do them slower otherwise you start dropping to the bottom witch causes the muscles to "jerk" stop you at the bottom.

I found that the best way to train is to lift heavy, bench press, shoulder press, front latural raise and tricep extend.

[ijt]

Speed doesn't necessarily build muscle, it just means you can push your body really fast up and down.

Slower movements cause more work on the arms, thus more of a workout.

[R.Lewis]

Word.
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[thedevil]

The maximum number of push-ups I can do decreases as I get my hands closer. Is putting hands exactly under the shoulders the conventional way?

[R.Lewis]

I think that about right, I find it easyer if my hand are slightly lower than my sholders, otherwise your working too much with the front delts, and not enought with your chest, you will know when your doing the perfect push up because tyou chest, front delts and triceps will all ache the same amount. play around with the position of your hands to find the right spot.

A few diff push ups to try...
kung fu push up.
lay flat on the floor and put the palm of your hands on the floor so that your hands are inline with your belly button, fingers facing up or out (however is comfortable). make sure that when you pushup and down your elbows are tight against your side. This is great for triceps and takes all pressure off you shoulders, so its good if you got shoulder strain.

streched push up,
bring your hands closer together but just above your head the higher you go the more impossable it gets. this really works your abs to. I can do 300 normal push ups, but ony 20 of theese bad boys!!!!

lizard push up.
One hand low and one hand high. on every push up you gotta get high enough to swap hands. keep good form and dont rush.

step push up,
hands in normal position, but one hand is on a step 8-12inches if pos. do your push ups still going as low as poss, this makes it harder for the lower arm as its taking more weight.

2step push up,
take 2 steps this time and place them just over should width apart, do one step push up, then bounce over to the other step in one go, so your doing the mirror image of what you just done.

decline push up
works your shoulders, put your feet on something, a gym ball is best, cos you learn balence. also good for abs.

If you dont have weight, learn all these and try doing one set of each untill you fail.

[mreik]

i can do 75+ but definatly not under a minute..