How many press-ups can you do?

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  • smoo
    smoo Posts: 25
    I hate press-ups. I think it's the getting-down-on-the-floor bit as much as anything else, I just can't be bothered. Much prefer pull-ups.
    I started doing press-ups seriously when my girlfriend told me that her hero is Attila the Hun.
    :D:D
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    smoo wrote:
    I hate press-ups. I think it's the getting-down-on-the-floor bit as much as anything else, I just can't be bothered. Much prefer pull-ups.
    I started doing press-ups seriously when my girlfriend told me that her hero is Attila the Hun.
    :D:D

    I'm getting her the latest Attila novel for Christmas.
  • richtapz
    richtapz Posts: 9
    im gonna give this a hundredpress-ups ago.100 cosecutive press-ups would be a big achievment. I am a big fan of body weight training ie. press-ups , pull-ups , and dips best way of training for conditioning and muscular endurance.
    my typical day :-
    press-ups 2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+18+20+18+16+14+12+10+8+6+4+2 = 200
    pull-ups 5 x 8 reps
    dips 2+4+6+8+10+12+10+8+6+4+2 = 72
    nothing is ever impossible! your body will always adapt to what is ever thrown at it! always believe in your own abilities!
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    None 8) life's too short
  • 6288
    6288 Posts: 131
    micken wrote:
    ^vivid - agree

    Try Pilates plank based exercises for core strength, move away from the six-pack and on to the trans-abs :lol:

    yep ... try push ups including alternate arm and leg raises ... your cycling muscles will improve 10-fold ...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I can do 25-30.

    It varies sometimes I struggle to do 20, sometimes I manage 30.
  • daver1
    daver1 Posts: 78
    When I was in my early twenties and working out seriously I could do over 100 and have managed 100 in 1 minute. Now several rugby-inflicted shoulder injuries later I do sets of 12 but do them slow (at least 3 seconds down and 3 seconds up) and add other tricks to make them harder - eg 1 hand on a block or 1 foot raised while concentraing on core muscles. I could probably manage 50-60 basic ones in one go now.

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