re: Can you do 40 pushups?

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CONGRATULATIONS! You’re probably in the top 2% of men your age. That’s amazing considering you don’t exercise.

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According to that chart i can do almost that as well. I highly doubt I’m in that top percentage range. I haven’t worked out since November because of an injury and the holidays but can still do it. I was top 1% when I worked out but again i would not say that except for the chart.

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I was top 1% when I worked out but again i would not say that except for the chart

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exactly. There must be a shite ton of really poor in shape people to skew it so low.

off topic, but since there are so many push-up experts here, I reinjured my back a couple months ago and just recently felt ok to work out. I usually do push ups off these 3" high handles, but left them at a hotel, so I did them off kettle bells, which are about 8" high, after 3 months of no push-ups. I went a good bit deeper than usual on every push-up. Two weeks later, my right pec is still sore. Is that an unhealthy motion, or just something I should have worked up to?

Push-up stands give you increased height which allows you far greater range of motion so you probably weren’t prepared for it. Push-up stands do give your wrist a break but they allow you to go deeper.

Yeah you weren’t prepared for that kind of range of motion

Pushups are more about conditioning your body to the repetition of pushups then strength. Go to any US Army unit and every single Soldier can do >40 pushups and they are in no way considered “in shape.”

ETA: male Soldiers. Female standard is a joke.

I lift 2-3 days a week, have for five years consistently and walk 30 miles a month. Did over 300 miles last year with my dog, myfitnesspal says so. semi swole


I doubt I could do 10 push ups

I'll try tomorrow morning and report back

I don’t think I can do one.

50 bitches...

And that's after 10 sets of 20