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Who can do 20 push ups right now?

cantbecivil
Just on a whim I tried to do 20 push ups. I got to 17 and I couldn't do another.


Anyone else a little less thank thrilled with their fitness?
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  • pabooger
    Thats easy I have a large beer belly, I just lay down and rock back and forth!!![:D]
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  • tobefree
    quote:Originally posted by pabooger
    Thats easy I have a large beer belly, I just lay down and rock back and forth!!![:D]


    the wonders of science never cease!!!
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  • pabooger
    It's actually a fuel tank for a sex machine but I try not to advertise it too much!!![:D]
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  • nemesisenforcer
    The amount of push-ups one can do is an imperfect measure of "fitness." A push up test examines essentially one thing: the endurance ability of your pressing muscle in that plane of work to move a constant weight X number of times.

    Yeah, I can do 20 push ups, but probably not much more than that at one time. Why? Because my fitness routine primarily focuses on strength and power movements much more than medium or long term localized muscle endurance. I could totally refocus my training to an endurance oriented program and achieve rapid results in that fitness dimension relatively quickly, but that's not what I'm into. I want to be big and strong and powerful, and I build my routines around that.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    I still can.
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  • bingeebob
    i can do three times as many push ups as years i am old
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  • nemesisenforcer
    quote:Originally posted by bingeebob
    i can do three times as many push ups as years i am old


    so what. . . like 18?[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
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  • Warpig883
    Can't do any one-handed anymore but I can knock out fifty regular easy enough. Me and my sons do pushups together all the time.
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  • Joel1995
    JUST dId 20[}:)][:)][:p]
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  • 11BravoCrunchie
    I did 42 in 1 minute earlier today. I don't want to do more, but I know I could.

    If you want to improve your push-ups, try doing 25 every 15 mintues (even if you can't do 25 non-stop) for 3 hours. Do that 2 times a week. You'll be suprised at how fast you improve.
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  • buschmaster
    why even bother counting! I can do pushups for 4 hours straight.

    or until the bungee cord hooked to the ceiling wears out.

    [:)]
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  • mongrel1776
    I just (barely) did. Suspect I'll pay for it when I rack out tomorrow morning.

    Almost stopped for a few breaths at the end, but had second thoughts. My dogs were eying me like something that might need to be "marked".
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  • minitruck83
    quote:Originally posted by pabooger
    It's actually a fuel tank for a sex machine but I try not to advertise it too much!!![:D]




    You sure it's not a tool shed? [}:)]


    Allen
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  • ginmaster
    With or without seeing those bright dots? Yes, with and no, without.
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  • Ridge
    I did it in JROTC a few years ago...did I think 45 in 2 minutes...got in my car to go to my next class afterwards and I couldnt summon the strength to get my arms up to the steering wheel...needless to say I missed a class, lol.
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  • GuvamintCheese
    I used to do 4 sets of 50 every night. I do 30 at a time with 2min. in between. It cancels out my ice cream![:p]
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  • cantbecivil
    quote:Originally posted by pabooger
    Thats easy I have a large beer belly, I just lay down and rock back and forth!!![:D]


    Sorry the "Norm Peterson" school of fitness doesn't count ;)

    Wow did I just date myself or what?
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  • sarge_3ad
    Joint pains prevent me from accomplishing even one, but back in my days in the Army I could always do enough to pass a PT test.
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  • Huntingnerd33
    Yep, it was a little harder to do than I'd like. I need to start working out again.
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  • BT3
    I can exersize my trigger finger 20 times ! [:D]
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  • use enough gun
    I do 50 every morning. I had shoulder surgery 2 years ago for a shoulder full of bone spurs. The pushups help keep things loosened up and helped get some strength back for me. Dave
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  • Sperry
    quote:Originally posted by pabooger
    Thats easy I have a large beer belly, I just lay down and rock back and forth!!![:D]


    Beat me to it!
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  • tacking1
    quote:Originally posted by cantbecivil
    quote:Originally posted by pabooger
    Thats easy I have a large beer belly, I just lay down and rock back and forth!!![:D]


    Sorry the "Norm Peterson" school of fitness doesn't count ;)

    Wow did I just date myself or what?


    better than dating your sister
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  • gagirl
    Yup can do 3 sets of 25 one arms each side with 60 sec rest in between sets.
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  • TrinityScrimshaw
    31 is about my max, and then I am hurting for about a week.[;)]

    Trinity +++
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  • heliman
    No, but can do that many "push-aways" from the dinner table![;)]
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  • Colonel Plink
    Yeah, no sweat. But, in fairness, that daughter of mine has been keeping me in pretty good shape. She like to fly like Superman, now. So I end up doing the "Daddy Workout" a coupla times a day. It's great strength training.

    As a matter of fact, I've lost an inch around my waist in the last year, just trying to keep up with her.
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