[laxx]

I started a few months back doing about 20 pushups and I'm up to about 50 now.

 

[Lornecherry]

I can easily do 40 pushups. And I'll do them all in 40 days too. So there.

 

[Orcin]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spareribs /img/forum/go_quote.gif I read a report that a relatively healthy male should be able to do 40 push ups. Can you do it? Can you make the challenge?

How many days do I have?

 

[acidbasement]

It depends on the time limit. I could probably do 40 pushups in ten minutes. Does that count? No, I didn't think so. I can chop a mean cord of firewood though.

 

[acidbasement]

^Wow, three of us made essentially the same joke in the same minute! How freaky is that!

 

[xnothingpoetic]

Nope- gave up at 30.

 

[appophylite]

My Teacher in Elementary School was an Ex-Firefighter and Ex-Paramedic. He used to dole out anywhere from 50-100 push-ups as punishments instead of warnings and/or detentions. Heck, sometimes he'd make us do push-ups just for fun. Made doing push-ups in middle-school and high-school easy. I can still do 50 without a problem. My best used to be about 85-90 before having to stop but I haven't tried to push myself to that limit in a while.

 

[Akathriel]

I'm not very athletic, but I can do 40 standard push-ups with ease. Some of the other physical fitness tests listed earlier are not really indicators of physical fitness; triceps and boobs are actually pretty useless except for looking good, although I agree with pullups. How about leg pressing twice your body weight 10 times or running a 6 minute mile (if you're male)?

 

[stewtheking]

I'm... *cough*... built for comfort rather than agility, and I start to struggle a while before 40.

 

[928GTS]

In one sitting without stopping for a break? I can comfortably do 60 and if I really beat the stuffing out of myself I can manage 70-75. I hope to improve that.

 

[meat01]

Yes I can. If you can't and want to. Here is a good place to start.

one hundred push ups

 

[Baines93]

I can do 20.

I'm 15, I like sport, but only do a few hours a week. I'm not athletic, and slightly over weight (10.5st @ 5ft 11.75") but I mountain bike (cross country/occasional light downhill. I have a left knee prone to dislocation (and weakened muscles due to inactivity for a month or so every time i do it, doesnt build up fast even with the biking.) and i'm asthmatic.

Can do sit-ups though. In fact need to. Always burn the calories i eat (alot) but never cut down food/excersise more to lose the stuff hiding my stomach muscles

Matt

 

[Duggeh]

Just gave it a go, I threw in the towel at 23, I could probably have done another, maybe 2, but I wasn't willing to go to the wall just out of curiosity. It's better than I had expected frankly, I'm a few stone overweight and exercise irregularly.

 

[Kirosia]

I really need to start working out again. Since I started school this semester, my stress levels been high (tests, homework, constantly dying computers).

As for push-ups, I need to work on my endurance. I've done sets of 30, but can probably eek out more when I get back into some semblance of shape. (Also take into account that I have very boney arms yet a large upper-body)

 

[cantsleep]

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