kinda taking a poll here, but how many push ups can you do in one set?

thanks for the responses guys, heres another one, how many plyometric push ups can you get in one set? i personally stuck at 26 .

 

72 is my best but recently I burned out at 64 my last workout.

 

No idea, probably about 50 something. But I CAN do 20 one armed pushups on each arm

 

Now that I'd love to see. Any chance of a vid?

 

Anyone know how I can make a video on this fandangled MacBook thingy?

If not, ....well ....you'll just have to believe me

 

Ah, I believe you. I'd just like to see them.

 

I can usually only knock out 35-40. But if I push myself harder, I can get 55. Of course, I haven't tried maxing out since May.

 

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Cant even do a pushup plus with correct form.

 

you gotta be kidding me, my 3 year old niece can give me 1 push up

 

Hey, some people are just more physically able.

 

The last time I tested myself was in a mates flat after a night out. Did it kinda to impress a girl.

Stopped when I got bored, I was training at the gym three times a week for two hours, so it wasn't difficult. One guy matched me, but it near did him in.

Did I impress the girl? She married me, so I guess I did!

 

Probably around 20. I dont really know. Strength endurance isnt a really big priority atm for me.

 

growing up in the 80's, i was a great fit (no video games, computer, black and white tv, and lots of imgianation, i was very good shape for a kid) i used to be able to do over 120 pushups in a row. right now, i probably do 100 with 50 lousy forms, LOL. i could do 50 pushups in good form, then form get worse after 50s.

 

120 freakin' pushups!?

 

yeah, it not hard to do, you do like 50 to 75 pushup almost daily, then 120 is easy. if you dont do any pushups, yeah 120 is hard! i've been slacking off pushups lately and 50 is hard. LOL

 

I could probably have done 100 in a row a few year back when I was doing Shotokan.

some sets went like:
1 pushup, situp, squatkick
2 pushups, situps, squatkicks,
3 " "
4 " "
5
..
10
..
..
3..
2..
1..

for brown belt gradings.

My sensei had to do 30 in a row on his first ever karate lesson.

 

Just came off an experiment from bodyweightculture. Site members were broken into different groups and given different ways of improving push up stamina.

I was asked to do a ladder progression over 8 weeks

Started by working out what my one max set was - 46 - and taking a quarter of it - 11

Week One (6 out of 7 days)1 push up - 60 secs rest - 2 push ups - 60 secs rest - 3 push ups, etc to 11 push ups
Week 2 Add set of 12 on the end, cut rest to 55secs
Week 3 Add set 13 on the end, cut rest to 50 secs
..and so on.

By the end I was up to 18 sets and my one set max was 102. I had to take a week out in the middle for a sore shoulder, and couldn't do any other chest exercises.

My bench press was marginally worse, my punching speed and stamina better. And I could do plyo press ups, which Id always struggled with

I stopped doing it and the benefits appear to have gone as well - mind you I've been ill for a month.

 

Man, I'm a wuss.


*Starts doing pushups and hits nose on the floor*

 

I did 75 in one set yesterday! New PR! I love improvement! :love:

 

No idea, I'll give it a try tommorow.