I can only do 20 push ups max.......is that a serious problem?

i Luv Da Cock · 03-06-2006, 10:03 PM

I started doing push ups/working out from 12-13 years of age.

I stopped for a while. My peak was like 22 push ups.

I got pretty good arms, it has the curvy shape and the muscle looking like a fresh round oval-shape and all that.

I'm 18 now, and no matter what, I can only push up to 20 average...my arms get really tired and weak and I give out after like 20-23.

I had friends when I was younger who could even pull 30-40 without a sweat, and they're kinda skinny (but lean).

Is there a serious problems with my arms?

Steve Schade · 03-06-2006, 10:57 PM

I doubt it. You're just not developed. Do push ups every other night, you'll increase the amount you can do.

UnbrokeN · 03-07-2006, 08:21 AM

dont worry..im 185 lbs now and i can only do like 30 max

skinny mofos can do much more because they dont have to push as much weight..

Skrybe · 03-07-2006, 02:13 PM

Plus if you HAVE to do them in order to advance your career (like me), then you get used to doing more. LOL I know a bunch of guys who weigh around 175 or so who can do at least 50-60 pushups before crashing. I know for a fact (because I saw it myself) that I know a guy who weighs 165 and has done well over 100 pushups nonstop (in our allotted 2-minute time limit). My skinny ass is only 125, so how many I can do is really not relevant. LOL

Ben Official · 03-07-2006, 02:23 PM

damn i must be skinny lol, when i do push ups, and i dont often, i do at least 3 sets of 50

03-07-2006, 03:47 PM

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thaRooster · 03-07-2006, 04:51 PM

hahahhaha fucking pussy. and hahhahaha at you being 18, i really thought you were 13 this whole time

but yeah i can do 75 perfect form military pushups so i dont know anything about your little pussy problems

LikeWise3001 · 03-07-2006, 05:00 PM

why do people say that bullshit that "its because you're skinny and im big, i have more to weight to push"

pound for pound strength...

if you cant do body weight exercises, then...

you're...

soft.

Snikka · 03-07-2006, 06:49 PM

oh man I can do a shit load of push-ups.

30 max is TERRIBLE.

20 max is just pathetic.

I've never tested myself to see how many max I can do... but I can do 50 at the drop of a hat without breaking a sweat.

Snikka · 03-07-2006, 06:50 PM

word @ doing them in sets.. thats why I don't know my max :P

Soreno · 03-07-2006, 07:06 PM

i havent done them shits in forever i find that the most boring annoying workout ever

ANYTHING besides push ups

Snikka · 03-07-2006, 07:25 PM

at a relatively good pace, I did 56 in one minute just after sitting on my ass for couple hours.

no idea what that means. i timed it on a watch tho.

UnbrokeN · 03-07-2006, 08:52 PM

rofl ok i suck

my brother max push up is 10 LMAO and he weight around 30 lbs less than me , hes in pathetic shape loll

NickNameless · 03-07-2006, 09:17 PM

Take into account that people with longer limbs would be at a disadvantage when compared to people with shorter arms. It's not always about strength...sometimes, it's genetics.

style-rip · 03-07-2006, 10:26 PM

lmao ^ come on yo, thats reaaaaching!

i put all my books in my backpack and i do pushups that way. man oh man do i feel a niice burn afterwards

Skrybe · 03-08-2006, 04:45 PM

^
On and off again I've thought about buying one of those weight vests. Y'know, the ones that you can add weights into em. I don't really need it right now since I've got a flak vest (LOL), but once I get home I'll have to give that up ... so what do you think? Does the backpack have a strong enough effect on your workouts to recommend me either doing the same or getting a weight vest?

i Luv Da Cock · 03-08-2006, 05:45 PM

k i havent done push ups in about a week

i'm gonna hit the floor and do as muc as i can in a row..

brb

i Luv Da Cock · 03-08-2006, 05:47 PM

30.....

i must be getting stronger

LikeWise3001 · 03-08-2006, 09:06 PM

lol....

pick up a barbell or something.

you got stronger cause you took time off i suppose...

but i mean, they are push ups....you could have eaten a good meal that day....or you might have gotten a good nights sleep.....hell, you couldve taken a massive shit and been able to add a few extra push ups.

03-08-2006, 10:27 PM

It depends on your form.

if your fully going as low as you can go and extending up with your elbows bent a little then thats pretty good.

those guys who do 50 pushups or 100 do those little baby pushups using momentum which is wack lol I seen some fat fucker doing 50 pushups but the was bouncing and wasnt even going halfway up lol.

I do slow push ups slow when I push my chest to the ground and fast when I shoot up.

I do 5 sets of 20

My max is 40 and not those little baby ones lol

I do push up varieties they work my chest more then the bench press cant really do bench press cause of a shoulder injury from a while back..

03-06-2006, 10:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
i Luv Da Cock USER F-RED-NDLY. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: RedViLLe, USA Posts: 2,513	I can only do 20 push ups max.......is that a serious problem? I started doing push ups/working out from 12-13 years of age. I stopped for a while. My peak was like 22 push ups. I got pretty good arms, it has the curvy shape and the muscle looking like a fresh round oval-shape and all that. I'm 18 now, and no matter what, I can only push up to 20 average...my arms get really tired and weak and I give out after like 20-23. I had friends when I was younger who could even pull 30-40 without a sweat, and they're kinda skinny (but lean). Is there a serious problems with my arms? __________________ LOVES BIG COCK.

03-06-2006, 10:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Steve Schade Bears>you Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,977	I doubt it. You're just not developed. Do push ups every other night, you'll increase the amount you can do. __________________ "It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." - Einstein Health and Fitness

03-07-2006, 08:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
UnbrokeN Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Badstreet, USA Posts: 17,059	dont worry..im 185 lbs now and i can only do like 30 max skinny mofos can do much more because they dont have to push as much weight.. __________________ lol.. the day Hogan dies, he'll just say "No, I won't lay down for you,brother"!!! he will become the only man in history to actually no sell death.

03-07-2006, 02:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Skrybe ConnectedthruaForeignExch Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: H-Town, VA baby Posts: 10,003	Plus if you HAVE to do them in order to advance your career (like me), then you get used to doing more. LOL I know a bunch of guys who weigh around 175 or so who can do at least 50-60 pushups before crashing. I know for a fact (because I saw it myself) that I know a guy who weighs 165 and has done well over 100 pushups nonstop (in our allotted 2-minute time limit). My skinny ass is only 125, so how many I can do is really not relevant. LOL __________________ "Seems like whatever I do, is not enough for you/ I paid the cost and gave you my all, and you still want more/ I'm still standing right here, but it seems so unfair/ that I sacrificed and gave you my life and you still, want more ..../"

03-07-2006, 02:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ben Official GAY BOOBS Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 9,735	damn i must be skinny lol, when i do push ups, and i dont often, i do at least 3 sets of 50 __________________ Ben Official

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03-07-2006, 04:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
thaRooster hahahahahhaha NO! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,678	hahahhaha fucking pussy. and hahhahaha at you being 18, i really thought you were 13 this whole time but yeah i can do 75 perfect form military pushups so i dont know anything about your little pussy problems __________________ GET OFF MY DICK LAY OFF AND STAY OFF

03-07-2006, 05:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
LikeWise3001 I crush alot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Around the way Posts: 2,529	why do people say that bullshit that "its because you're skinny and im big, i have more to weight to push" pound for pound strength... if you cant do body weight exercises, then... you're... soft. __________________ Cavaliers...

03-07-2006, 06:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Snikka Still Faster Than You Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: AZ Posts: 18,879	oh man I can do a shit load of push-ups. 30 max is TERRIBLE. 20 max is just pathetic. I've never tested myself to see how many max I can do... but I can do 50 at the drop of a hat without breaking a sweat. __________________ 346 in³

03-07-2006, 06:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
Snikka Still Faster Than You Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: AZ Posts: 18,879	word @ doing them in sets.. thats why I don't know my max :P __________________ 346 in³

03-07-2006, 07:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
Soreno this shit right here Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 413 Posts: 10,218	i havent done them shits in forever i find that the most boring annoying workout ever ANYTHING besides push ups __________________ We disinfect then check the monologue, turn your system up Twist them up, and indulge in the marijuana smog

03-07-2006, 07:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
Snikka Still Faster Than You Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: AZ Posts: 18,879	at a relatively good pace, I did 56 in one minute just after sitting on my ass for couple hours. no idea what that means. i timed it on a watch tho. __________________ 346 in³ Last edited by Snikka; 03-07-2006 at 07:27 PM.

03-07-2006, 08:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
UnbrokeN Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Badstreet, USA Posts: 17,059	rofl ok i suck my brother max push up is 10 LMAO and he weight around 30 lbs less than me , hes in pathetic shape loll __________________ lol.. the day Hogan dies, he'll just say "No, I won't lay down for you,brother"!!! he will become the only man in history to actually no sell death.

03-07-2006, 09:17 PM	#14 (permalink)
NickNameless I am the visual... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 417	Take into account that people with longer limbs would be at a disadvantage when compared to people with shorter arms. It's not always about strength...sometimes, it's genetics. __________________ Dead in the middle of Little Italy. Little did we know that we riddled two middlemen who didn't do diddly.

03-07-2006, 10:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
style-rip Lakers. 73-9 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northridge Posts: 11,957	lmao ^ come on yo, thats reaaaaching! i put all my books in my backpack and i do pushups that way. man oh man do i feel a niice burn afterwards __________________ Lakers. the only relevant team in the league.

03-08-2006, 04:45 PM	#16 (permalink)
Skrybe ConnectedthruaForeignExch Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: H-Town, VA baby Posts: 10,003	^ On and off again I've thought about buying one of those weight vests. Y'know, the ones that you can add weights into em. I don't really need it right now since I've got a flak vest (LOL), but once I get home I'll have to give that up ... so what do you think? Does the backpack have a strong enough effect on your workouts to recommend me either doing the same or getting a weight vest? __________________ "Seems like whatever I do, is not enough for you/ I paid the cost and gave you my all, and you still want more/ I'm still standing right here, but it seems so unfair/ that I sacrificed and gave you my life and you still, want more ..../"

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i Luv Da Cock USER F-RED-NDLY. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: RedViLLe, USA Posts: 2,513	k i havent done push ups in about a week i'm gonna hit the floor and do as muc as i can in a row.. brb __________________ LOVES BIG COCK.

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i Luv Da Cock USER F-RED-NDLY. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: RedViLLe, USA Posts: 2,513	30..... i must be getting stronger __________________ LOVES BIG COCK.

03-08-2006, 09:06 PM	#19 (permalink)
LikeWise3001 I crush alot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Around the way Posts: 2,529	lol.... pick up a barbell or something. you got stronger cause you took time off i suppose... but i mean, they are push ups....you could have eaten a good meal that day....or you might have gotten a good nights sleep.....hell, you couldve taken a massive shit and been able to add a few extra push ups. __________________ Cavaliers...

03-08-2006, 10:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
VishTaphney Guest Posts: n/a	It depends on your form. if your fully going as low as you can go and extending up with your elbows bent a little then thats pretty good. those guys who do 50 pushups or 100 do those little baby pushups using momentum which is wack lol I seen some fat fucker doing 50 pushups but the was bouncing and wasnt even going halfway up lol. I do slow push ups slow when I push my chest to the ground and fast when I shoot up. I do 5 sets of 20 My max is 40 and not those little baby ones lol I do push up varieties they work my chest more then the bench press cant really do bench press cause of a shoulder injury from a while back..