# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/81 "2011-06-30T17:39:07Z")
> [@legsfeedthewolf](#): > > …100 in about 2:30 min. 60 nonstop-wait 45 seconds-25-wait 30 seconds-10-wait 15 seconds-and then 5… This is pretty impressive. Some friends and I recently tried to see if we could do 100 push ups in 5 minutes (just for friendly competition). Nobody could, but we all got right around 90. The push up is not part of my normal work out routine, so I’m sure I could get there if I really wanted to. The most I could rip off at one time was 50. Then I was pretty gassed. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/82 "2011-06-30T17:45:55Z")
When I was pledging in college I did 110 in about 2 minutes. I’d always been pretty fit and that’s the one time I remember maxing out. Nowadays, about 100 less than that. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/83 "2011-06-30T17:47:21Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > 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. _refuses to post after reading this_ ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/84 "2011-06-30T18:18:11Z")
Male 81 YO 15 Pushups - straining on last two or three ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/85 "2011-06-30T18:36:26Z")
Male, 29, 235 lbs ~75-100 I’m at work, so I can’t test right now, but last time I did some I did some, was when someone was claiming he was stronger than me, so I told him I’d do twice as many as he could do, he did 35. I stopped at 75, as I’d already sufficiently embarassed him and was getting tired, but I could have done more. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/86 "2011-06-30T18:39:09Z")
Male 55 20+ good, correct pushups, maybe 30 crappy pushups. But I won’t like it either way. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/87 "2011-06-30T18:53:23Z")
33 year old female. I just busted out 28 without stopping (last couple were shaky though). I wonder what my secretary thinks I am doing in here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/88 "2011-07-01T00:59:15Z")
Male, 49, 20-25 consecutively without stopping, but I’ve not timed it, so I don’t know if I can do that in a minute or just how long. By the by, my all-time personal record without stopping is ~55-60, completed somewhere over 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/89 "2011-07-01T01:25:55Z")
Male, 31, : 85-100, I haven’t gone past that yet as I’m not fond of pushups and after a hundred I’m dog tired. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/90 "2011-07-01T01:40:21Z")
Male 27 5’11 185 I’m guessing about 30. Right now I can do 20 after 15 minutes of swinging a heavy sledgehammer around. My upper body strength has always been pretty piss poor but I’m working on it now. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/91 "2011-07-01T03:04:57Z")
Male 14 140 pounds 5 ft 10 in. Nada I’m do alright at stuff like running, sit-ups, and most other exercises (although rather inept at sports), so my main problem is upper body strength. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/92 "2011-07-01T12:47:57Z")
Male 71 I don’t do pushups. I’m a certified Zombie and we’re excused from PE. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/93 "2011-07-03T00:57:01Z")
Male, 45. Just did 25. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081/94 "2011-07-03T01:18:36Z")
age 30 Female 20 without stopping, about 50 if you give me 10 minutes I have a lot of upper body strength for a girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-many-pushups/105081.md?page=4)