How many push-ups can runners do?

age 57

wt 185 lb

60 pushups

24 year old female.

30 push ups (with correct form) - I’m super slow though ?

800m 2:38

1600m 5:57

5000m: 21:30

19 years old

1:54 800, 4:03 1500

82 consecutive pushups

I could probably manage 60 right now, idk about 82 though I was about 10 pounds lighter when I hit that.

Seems like many on this thread spend too much time doing push ups instead of running.

Age: 14

PRs: 4:16 Mile, 8:50 2 mile, 15:15 5k.

Consecutive Pushups: 100

Y'all are garbage lmao.

44 years old, female. 5:25 for the mile, 18:51 for the 5K.

I can do sets of 20 real (i.e. not dumbed down on-your-knees) pushups. I've never tested how many I can do in one set.

Doing pushups means youre not fast

lifetime PR's

400 - 49.XX (2005)

800- 1:55 (2005)

1500-4:02(2006)

Marathon- 2:53.30 (2011)

consecutive push ups-118 (2015)

currently I do one set of 50 everyday usually after my run. havent maxed in a while I could probably bust out 75-80.

the lifetime push up PR was legit with a counter/judge and was done as part of the BLM physical fitness test.

3:43.13 mile

7 pushups

elementary school, usually around 30-50. wrote:

Right now, 15-20. I could do way more in elementary school, usually around 30-50. Crazy what mileage does to your upper body strength. As far as benching relative to your body, doing your body weight for one rep should be easy.

I would like to see some experimental data on that. I suspect that less than a majority, and perhaps much less so, of men in their 20s can bench press a weight equal to their body weight.

kjjjjjkj wrote:

elementary school, usually around 30-50. wrote:

Right now, 15-20. I could do way more in elementary school, usually around 30-50. Crazy what mileage does to your upper body strength. As far as benching relative to your body, doing your body weight for one rep should be easy.

I would like to see some experimental data on that. I suspect that less than a majority, and perhaps much less so, of men in their 20s can bench press a weight equal to their body weight.

You would be correct.

Markers of “decent” relative strength are Bench 1xBW, Squat 1.5xBW and Deadlift 2xBW.

Alan

kjjjjjkj wrote:

elementary school, usually around 30-50. wrote:

Right now, 15-20. I could do way more in elementary school, usually around 30-50. Crazy what mileage does to your upper body strength. As far as benching relative to your body, doing your body weight for one rep should be easy.

I would like to see some experimental data on that. I suspect that less than a majority, and perhaps much less so, of men in their 20s can bench press a weight equal to their body weight.

It’s average.

I’ve been doing sets of 20 recently, but my max would prob be 25, maybe 30. I’m actually trying to focus more on overall fitness now and made an instagram account for it. If anyone wants to chat on there, just lemme know your username (or I could post mine).

Daniel88 wrote:

Alright I'm SICK of people telling me how skinny I am. When I respond with how many push ups I can do, they just scoff and walk away, either not believing me, or thinking that pitching a baseball 60mph or benching 90 percent of their bodyweight is more impressive.

So let's settle it Letsrun...let's show those unathletic cretins that us runners are not just twigs but we can hold our own!

Please post your age, PR's and push up record!

I'll start:

16 years old

4:46/10:18 (1600 and 3200)

50 consecutive push ups

Push ups have little to do with strength. They are a matter of muscle endurance, not muscle strength. Look up the guys who have held the world push up records before, and then look up the powerlifter Larry Williams. They look nothing alike.

Push ups have a lot to do with bodyweight, much like pullups. When I weighed 153, I could do 26 pullups. Now that I weigh 175, 12 or so is a challenge. I'm way stronger now, though.

And most good runners are twigs. In fact, being a twig is helpful for running long distances fast.

Runningart2004 wrote:

Markers of “decent” relative strength are Bench 1xBW, Squat 1.5xBW and Deadlift 2xBW.

Alan

Related to this - I bench press with dumbells, not a barbell (since I have no one to spot me). What is your take on the conversion factor of dumbbell bench to barbell bench?

Translated: you are fat weak

fatty mcfatkins wrote:

Translated: you are fat weak

Oh really? I've benched 300 pounds at a body weight of 165 before. I currently do 15 reps with ease using 75 pound dumbbells on bench at 175 pounds. That is 15 reps with my bodyweight (using dumbbells, which is harder), and I'm not even trying to crush heavy weights anymore. I've also done dips with three 45-pound plates.

darkwave wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

Markers of “decent” relative strength are Bench 1xBW, Squat 1.5xBW and Deadlift 2xBW.

Alan

Related to this - I bench press with dumbells, not a barbell (since I have no one to spot me). What is your take on the conversion factor of dumbbell bench to barbell bench?

It totally depends on if you exclusively do dumb bell work. If you are well-adapted to dumb bell work, the difference might be as small as 1.05-1.1 times the total weight of the dumb bells. There's definitely no well-accepted conversion, though.

^^^^^

That should have said "15 reps at the equivalent of my bodyweight if using a barbell."