Okay, Bigshot: How Many Push-Ups Can YOU Do?
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The push-up: it’s said to be a great indicator of good health since it uses many major muscle groups. It’s also the do-anywhere exercise that requires nothing other than your own body weight. That said, push-ups should be the go-to exercise for the whole human race, right?
Yet for many people, they’re so darn hard to do.
According to a recent NYT article, the average 40-year-old woman should be able to perform 16 push-ups, and the average man of the same age should be able to do 27.
So we want to know…
How many push-ups can you do?
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11 opinions for Okay, Bigshot: How Many Push-Ups Can YOU Do?
CT Moore
Jul 22, 2008 at 11:55 am
No wonder this site got BoingBoing coverage last week: http://hundredpushups.com/
Kat Tancock
Jul 22, 2008 at 11:57 am
I can do 27 - but that’s double what I could do before I started climbing regularly last fall. Working toward 50! (100 seems like a very lofty goal.)
A'Llyn
Jul 22, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I’m gonna say…um…maybe three.
I know I need to work on that.
Stobrawa
Jul 22, 2008 at 3:16 pm
About 50. Maybe I should start keeping track and shoot for 100. I’ll update this comments section if I make it.
Nora
Jul 22, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Maybe 15 before my tendinitis starts complaining :)
Ross
Jul 22, 2008 at 3:24 pm
6… it hurts to even type that! :-(
dragonmamma/naomi w.
Jul 22, 2008 at 5:01 pm
No guessing here–I just dropped down and gave you 20!
When warmed-up, on a good day, I can do 100. But I don’t enjoy it.
Cathy in Seattle
Jul 22, 2008 at 7:06 pm
How much time do I get in between push-ups and can I just do push-offs instead?
Liz
Jul 22, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Remind me again - what are push ups????
Yasser
Jul 26, 2008 at 4:26 pm
About 50ish. And I recently joined the 100 push up challenge. Recommend it to everyone.
Tony Lawrence
Oct 1, 2008 at 8:09 am
I can do 40, but I have to use pushup bars - well, actually I use a pair of ten lb dumbbells, but it’s the same idea: keeps the wrists straight (I’m 60 and have some arthritis in my wrists and just can’t do them with palms flat).
So is it harder or easier with wrists straight (not like I have a real choice)?
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