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Can you do 100 pushups?

post #1 of 22
10/3/08 at 3:18pm
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You can after six weeks, according to www.hundredpushups.com.

I started doing it this week, so we'll see how it goes. My initial "exhaustion" set was 10, and this morning, I got to 20 after my 4 sets. You do 4 sets of a set number of pushups, then do as many as you can in the 5th set. So today, I did 8, 10, 7, 7, then exhausted with 20. Towards the end you increase the number of sets and decrease the amount of rest time in between.
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post #2 of 22
10/3/08 at 3:26pm
Not sure why anyone would want to do a hundred push ups in a row. You're not really getting any more of a health benefit past 20. And the likelihood of someone doing more harm to their body than good (because of bad form) increases the more you do. A few sets of push-ups utilizing proper form is much preferable to 100 in a row. I guess its a cool party trick.
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post #3 of 22
10/3/08 at 3:31pm
In the military (I know at least in the Navy) you are timed on how many you can do in a two minute period. Same with sit-ups (and how fast you can run a mile and a half). Twenty seems like an awful low amount. Push-ups are a good exercise (off course good form is important when doing them), and 20 is not much at all.
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post #4 of 22
10/3/08 at 4:07pm
Last time I tried I think I hit 50-60. But I weighed close to 300 pounds. Now that I've dropped down to about 250, I think I'll give it another try.

100 pushups is a shitload. 6 weeks? I call shenanigans.
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post #5 of 22
10/3/08 at 4:12pm
I can do 100, eventually.
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post #6 of 22
10/3/08 at 4:14pm
It's a goofy standard on which to test yourself. I'm sure I could get there in about a week or two, but it does nothing to actually make you fit.
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post #7 of 22
10/3/08 at 4:41pm
No problem.


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post #8 of 22
10/3/08 at 4:48pm
I do 50 at a time. I used to do 20 or 30 more, but it sapped too much energy too quickly.
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post #9 of 22
10/3/08 at 4:56pm
I can do a hundred in my sleep.
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post #10 of 22
10/3/08 at 5:19pm
cock push ups?
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post #11 of 22
10/3/08 at 5:31pm
I've been able to do 70-80 when I was trying to lose weight. Now that I've plateaued (sp?), I'm down to about 50.
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post #12 of 22
10/3/08 at 5:51pm
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A few sets of push-ups utilizing proper form is much preferable to 100 in a row. I guess its a cool party trick.
If you're in the slammer, it's SURVIVAL.


I bet you can't do five pushups.

Five pushups? I got $ says I can do five pushups.

Okay, let's go. Five good ones. Come on.

Not Marine pushups.

No, simple pushups.

I've never heard bones creak like that...
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post #13 of 22
10/3/08 at 5:52pm
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cock push ups?
Only when I think about you.
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post #14 of 22
10/3/08 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by Sammy Jankis View Post
cock push ups?
One is all you need.
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post #15 of 22
10/3/08 at 6:15pm
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and 20 is not much at all.
I guess it depends why you are doing them. As a nationally certified personal trainer, I was taught that a good amount of reps for any exercise is 10-20. If you hit 20 and aren't fatigued, the exercise is too easy. That doesn't mean you do more of them. It means you increase resistance or make it a dynamic exercise (such as doing a push-up with one hand on a step bench) so that you are working different parts of the muscle. The only reason to do anything for longer periods of time is to increase endurance, and I don't know when anyone would have to endure 100 push ups in a row. I know its a requirement for the military, but again I have no idea why. It's not functionally relevant to anything you'd have to do.
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post #16 of 22
10/3/08 at 6:17pm
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Last time I tried I think I hit 50-60. But I weighed close to 300 pounds. Now that I've dropped down to about 250, I think I'll give it another try.

100 pushups is a shitload. 6 weeks? I call shenanigans.
Even at a pretty strict regiment, at my most fit I could maybe get to the mid high 70's. And in no way was that functional at all. It benefited me because of the timed PT tests that I do for the Air Force.

And 6 weeks is a rosy fucking estimate. Stretch, do some cardio, and burn body fat. 100 push ups doesn't equate to the highest levels of fitness.
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post #17 of 22
10/3/08 at 8:05pm
I agree that doing more is not a great thing in of it self. The only reason to do more was if you are looking to get stronger, and it is a more readily available exercise than weight training (as all you need is a floor to do them). The military uses them as a test of strength and stamina. Its the simplest exercise to use that requires no special equipment.
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post #18 of 22
10/3/08 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
I guess it depends why you are doing them. As a nationally certified personal trainer, I was taught that a good amount of reps for any exercise is 10-20. If you hit 20 and aren't fatigued, the exercise is too easy. That doesn't mean you do more of them. It means you increase resistance or make it a dynamic exercise (such as doing a push-up with one hand on a step bench) so that you are working different parts of the muscle. The only reason to do anything for longer periods of time is to increase endurance, and I don't know when anyone would have to endure 100 push ups in a row. I know its a requirement for the military, but again I have no idea why. It's not functionally relevant to anything you'd have to do.
This. While pushups do have some carry-over to other functions, are a decent active-recovery exercise on off days, and certainly are better than doing nothing, doing more and more pushups only makes you good at doing pushups.
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post #19 of 22
10/3/08 at 8:54pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
I guess it depends why you are doing them. As a nationally certified personal trainer, I was taught that a good amount of reps for any exercise is 10-20. If you hit 20 and aren't fatigued, the exercise is too easy. That doesn't mean you do more of them. It means you increase resistance or make it a dynamic exercise (such as doing a push-up with one hand on a step bench) so that you are working different parts of the muscle. The only reason to do anything for longer periods of time is to increase endurance, and I don't know when anyone would have to endure 100 push ups in a row. I know its a requirement for the military, but again I have no idea why. It's not functionally relevant to anything you'd have to do.

It's what the higher ups deemed to be a good indicator. As a Physical Training Leader for a couple squadrons, I've been really outspoken at how ineffective some of the Air Force's PT standards truly are. I get what they're looking for, but there are much more functional and accurate gauges of strength/stamina.
It's a 100 point system based on age, 30 for a 1.5 mile run, 30 for waist, 10 each for push up and sit up for those wondering.
I believe what the USMC recently changed to is pretty great as it steers away from the AF type stuff to a more combat job performance type deal.
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post #20 of 22
10/3/08 at 11:42pm
For a while I was doing 100-200 pushups every other day, though I always did sets of 20 at a time then rested for a couple of minutes in between sets. I was also into sculling (one man row boats). Result? Rotater cuff damage. Fuck excercise!
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post #21 of 22
10/5/08 at 10:59am
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Originally Posted by Shen Annigans View Post
It's what the higher ups deemed to be a good indicator. As a Physical Training Leader for a couple squadrons, I've been really outspoken at how ineffective some of the Air Force's PT standards truly are. I get what they're looking for, but there are much more functional and accurate gauges of strength/stamina.
It's a 100 point system based on age, 30 for a 1.5 mile run, 30 for waist, 10 each for push up and sit up for those wondering.
I believe what the USMC recently changed to is pretty great as it steers away from the AF type stuff to a more combat job performance type deal.
Hmm, thanks for that info. Very interesting.
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post #22 of 22
10/5/08 at 1:24pm
One of my buddies works at Universal Studios and when he auditioned for a role in one of their Halloween shows (as the Terminator) they asked him to do a shit load of push ups in a certain amount of time, but it was nowhere near 100.
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