How many push ups can you do?

how many can you do?

  • <10

    Votes: 23 11.9%

  • 10-20

    Votes: 27 14.0%

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    Votes: 82 42.5%

  • 50+

    Votes: 61 31.6%
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timeless said:
lol whats up with the heavy breathing at the start?
and kinda fast, i can probably do 50 at that speed
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I always over-load on oxygen before an exercise like that. Say I'm doing an arm exercise I'll just get to it. But If I'm doing bench press or legs (big muscles) I get all the oxygen I can (purposefully hyperventilating) till I'm almost light headed. Try it, it's a great trick.
 
thackernerd said:
It's not actually that bad, how much can you bench press?
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I weigh 150 and I can bench press 150 ten maybe twelve times with very good form. I can dumbbell press 70 pounders (total 140 pounds) 10 reps as well. Dumbbell press is just like bench press but you could say it's harder because you have to stabilize the weights and you can't really cheat as easily by putting all the weight on your "good side" or using other unintentional tricks.
 
Louie said:
Oh god. I don't even want to know what your (plural) leg-press form is like. It's probably so horrid haha.
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Actually no. In my school everyone has to do their max's on bench and leg press and the gym teacher is always on leg to make sure kids are doing it correctly. Not locking the knee's and having the seat at the right distance along with having your feet set correctly. I do inline skate quite frequently and the other kids who actually got a higher max than me was a soccer player that max'd at 536 lbs.
 
Louie said:
I weigh 150 and I can bench press 150 ten maybe twelve times with very good form. I can dumbbell press 70 pounders (total 140 pounds) 10 reps as well. Dumbbell press is just like bench press but you could say it's harder because you have to stabilize the weights and you can't really cheat as easily by putting all the weight on your "good side" or using other unintentional tricks.
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I never dumbbell press but I do normal bench press, I weigh about 95 and I can do 115 5 reps.
 
thackernerd said:
I never dumbbell press but I do normal bench press, I weigh about 95 and I can do 115 5 reps.
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Not bad! You shouldn't be lifting for weight (i.e. low reps) at your age though. You should be doing like 20 reps nice and easy and doing lots of cardio. This way you can get in shape and practice good form and then in a few years when you are more developed you'll be set to lift some heavy weights and put on some serious muscle, if that's what you want. I'm pretty much regurgitating what the textbooks say on the topic here, but I think it's sound advice. Between 15 and 20 years old you do whatever you want as far as sculpting your body the way you want it if you're disciplined, but just be careful, you're still growing. You're only 95 lbs for christ's sake!
 
Louie said:
Not bad! You shouldn't be lifting for weight (i.e. low reps) at your age though. You should be doing like 20 reps nice and easy and doing lots of cardio. This way you can get in shape and practice good form and then in a few years when you are more developed you'll be set to lift some heavy weights and put on some serious muscle, if that's what you want. I'm pretty much regurgitating what the textbooks say on the topic here, but I think it's sound advice. Between 15 and 20 years old you do whatever you want as far as sculpting your body the way you want it if you're disciplined, but just be careful, you're still growing. You're only 95 lbs for christ's sake!
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Haha, I try not to do so much but at the end of every summer we try to max out and we have to do that weight 5 reps and I did 115 at the end of the summer.
 
timeless said:
wont it stunt ur growth, so much pressure on ur joints from that amount of weight
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Yep. And the benefits are minimal because you can't really bulk up much at that age anyway, the body chemistry doesn't support. Not saying he's doing anything wrong if he sees what his 5 rep max is once a year though. :-)
 
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