How many push-ups can you do?

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by Decebal, Jul 17, 2007.


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  1. Relentless

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    last time i tried i went to 140
     
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  2. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :thinkYou can do 140 push-ups but only 15 pull-ups? :roll:
     
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  3. Relentless

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    yep, different muscles are used, pulling strength is different to pushing.
     
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  4. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    36? that's not too bad...
     
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  5. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    seems to me there is a disbalance there...
     
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  6. joejab

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    I can do around 75+ non-stop; but you don't consider some one in shape if they can't do 100+....Guess I need to keep working at em. lol
     
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  7. Decebal

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    75+ is good; I didn't mean to be rude; I can only do 40 myself...but 100 is what I consider enough for one to be called fit.

    100 push-ups and 25 pull-ups
     
    Decebal, Jul 17, 2007
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  8. China_hand_Joe

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    100 is more than fit
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 17, 2007
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  9. Decebal

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    so how much is fit then?
     
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  10. China_hand_Joe

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    65 or so would be inline with 25 pull ups maybe
     
    China_hand_Joe, Jul 17, 2007
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  11. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    150 exact.

    However, I normally do sets of 50.
     
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  12. Relentless

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    i remember when i had trouble doing 10 push ups at that time i thought i could never go ove 20.
     
    Relentless, Jul 17, 2007
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  13. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :happy :happy :happy Nice one!
     
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  14. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    However, after doing serious weights, I can only do about 50 straight. 150 is without prior intensive workout, which sometimes I'll do it as a warm up to weights.
     
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  15. Decebal

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    Let us use Amsterdam - the gold standard - as an example! He does 40 pull-ups and 150 push-ups. That is a ratio of 4/15.

    So if you do 25 pull-ups, which you should be able to do if you're fit, you should be able to do around 94 push-ups.

    In my book that says you have to do 25 pull-ups and 100 push-ups to be considered fit, rounded up niceley.
     
    Decebal, Jul 17, 2007
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