# Poll: how many pushups? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081 "2002-04-23T01:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/1 "2002-04-23T01:20:15Z")
Just a test to see how in shape I am compared with others dopers. Please state your: Age, Gender, and how many you can do in a row without stopping. and good ones too… no knee pushups, no having your butt in the air, no cheating. Me: Age: 18 Male 26 pushups ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/2 "2002-04-23T01:29:55Z")
Age: 45 Gender: Male Pushups: :eek: I am not out of shape, my shape just happens to be round. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/3 "2002-04-23T01:36:28Z")
I’m female. I don’t do pushups now, but at my best in the Army, say five years ago, I did 51 good pushups. I was 31 years old five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Red\_Menace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Red\_Menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Red_Menace)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/4 "2002-04-23T02:08:11Z")
I can do … Hey, how about you get back to me on this in a couple months? ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/5 "2002-04-23T02:16:31Z")
Age: 23 Gender: Femail Pushups: Half a pushup on a good day. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/6 "2002-04-23T02:21:09Z")
Man, I can’t spell today. now I’m all embarassed. I’m sure you all knew what I meant anyway. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/7 "2002-04-23T02:36:26Z")
Male Age 40 Pushups = 0 But I’m healing a broken arm so I can’t do any now. Before I broke the arm I could do about 18. I am now fighting the temptation to knock a bunch out, just to see what I can do. PT suck’s, I’m doing 12 pound curls on the left and 20-25 pounds on the right (3 sets of 15). ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/8 "2002-04-23T02:45:46Z")
Kid said he’d vacuum the entire house if I could do more than one. I did two. He’s 15. He did 52 and that’s after running in football practice at school and then 40 minute session swimming laps for swim team this evening. No wonder he can eat three hamburgers and two pieces of pie and still weigh 131. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/9 "2002-04-23T02:49:17Z")
Age: 40 Pushups: 49 in under 1 minute. Full range of motion from nose on the floor to almost (but not quite) locking out my elbows. I’m bad. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/10 "2002-04-23T02:51:07Z")
Male Age 29 Pushups: 53 Back when I was in the Marines, we went by the equivalent of 80 pushups = 20 pullups (the max needed for the PFT) and I could get close, but not quite. My arms are not my strongest feature. My legs, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/11 "2002-04-23T04:06:15Z")
Male Age 42 42 push ups didn’t time them but they were nose to floor ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/12 "2002-04-23T04:14:46Z")
Male 45 12 pushups. 3 grandkids and dog piled on half way through. ---
**Author:** ![abel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@abel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/13 "2002-04-23T04:20:02Z")
Male, 22… 75, give or take… I like to do ladders, which is basically 75 pushups, 25 situps, then 50 pushups, 50 situps, then 25 pushups, 75 situps. After that I can barely walk the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/14 "2002-04-23T04:22:10Z")
Once, when I was in basic training, our sergeant had the whole platoon do 201 pushups in a row as a sort of a punishment. Mind you, after the first 75, they weren’t particularly _good_ pushups, but still. I don’t dare to even try a pushup nowadays. Too depressing. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/15 "2002-04-23T04:33:38Z")
Male Age 19 Currently can do 25 pushups. I once did about 40 during high school gym class. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/16 "2002-04-23T04:44:06Z")
Sorry. . . I’m in fair shape (or what I consider fair shape). Male, 25, non-smoker, Aquarius. Total, without stopping? Sixty-eight. Sorry. But keep in mind I’m in the military. I’m used to pushups. Tripler I used to max out at around 70 or so. . . ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/17 "2002-04-23T05:28:24Z")
Male, 16 (er, almost 17!) 20 pushups. I suppose I could do more, but not without extreme pain. Heck, I’m just not terribly strong - try to picture a 16 year old boy who is 5’5" and 120lbs. I’m just not big enough, though I’m not in terrible shape. Some exercise would solve this push-up problem… ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/18 "2002-04-23T05:49:55Z")
Age: 20 Gender: Female Number of push-ups: 20 When I was in high school, I could do fifty. The only reasson that I can do 20 now is becuase of judo. Anytime anyone in the class makes a stupid mistake, we all have to drop and do push-ups. Never less then 20, but I start to poop out at 21 and do half push-up, and those don’t cont. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/19 "2002-04-23T06:23:32Z")
NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS! :mad: OK, sorry. I feel better now. Maybe I respond I’ll embarass myself into working out more. Age: 38 Gender: male push-ups: 30 (Which is embarassing because it’s below the relatively easy AF standard of 34.) ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/20 "2002-04-23T06:58:25Z")
Male, age 23 I haven’t worked out lately, but a few months ago, I could do 50 relatively comfortably, and up to 60 if I wanted to push my arms to failure. Right now, let’s say 30-40. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081.md?page=2)