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Posted: 6/12/2026 5:46:56 PM EDT
| Since I got sober in July of 2019, I started making my overall health a priority and really started focusing on exercise. FFWD to almost 7 years later at 53 years old and I feel like I am in in really good shape, especially for the area I work and live in. I got back into pullups recently and I am now at 7 strict dead hangs (that's the equivalent of like 30+ Mark Wahlbergs!) and in April 2020 I did 880 pushups in a day, so I was curious how many pushups I could do all in one set. In the Marines when I was with SSP, I maxed out one time at 200. Now I can do 60. I think 60 strict pushups is legit, although I know there are some 50+ dudes out there that will smoke that number. Poll for the curious. Stay at it and SFMF! |
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I probably couldn't do 15 now. ETA - From 38 to 42, I used to do push-ups, before work, during break and lunch, on re-bar before concrete pours, and after work. Now the only push-ups I do are orange, and made of sherbet. |
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I'm not 50, but oddly I can usually do more dips than pushups in one set. I don't really train pushups much because they murder my wrists. I would imagine maybe 15-20 at the top end if I'm keeping a hollow body the whole time and not just dropping to the deck on each rep. |
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I am 65. Workout 6 days a week. The max I have done at once is 30. In sets, I have done 100 in concert with the rest of the workout, which included chest press and flys. I have not tried a max pushups though I did the Murph and hit 200, but after 160 I had to drop to my knees to finish |
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Many years ago I did some kind of pushup competition but were told my form wasn’t correct so it didn’t count. I never changed my form as it worked for me but I can do 100 without stopping. This is me at 52 and I’m usually wrong about everything fitness related though. No glp, trt, or prescriptions of any kind for that matter lol. 
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Originally Posted By lefty-weaver-g19: Many years ago I did some kind of pushup competition but were told my form wasn't correct so it didn't count. I never changed my form as it worked for me but I can do 100 without stopping. This is me at 52 and I'm usually wrong about everything fitness related though. No glp, trt, or prescriptions of any kind for that matter lol. https://i.postimg.cc/XYFFBjTj/IMG-0355.jpg Attached File |
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Used to max out Army PFT and pushups were the easiest for me. After I turned 45, shit went downhill fast. At 51, I can rep out 55 to 60, but I hit a wall and that next pushup just doesn't happen. Not a slow tired, I mean a wall. But I also transitioned from strength training to running more. My knees make sounds like I'm cooking popcorn, and running is all that keeps the pain away. Pushups aren't a focus anymore. |
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Originally Posted By lefty-weaver-g19: I’m sorry I thought this was the fitness forum. Are we offended by those more fit than us in the fitness forum as well? Mods can ban me if this isn’t allowed. Originally Posted By lefty-weaver-g19: Originally Posted By Cajun_Redneck: 20-30 And am I in before the geee deee shirtless pics? I’m sorry I thought this was the fitness forum. Are we offended by those more fit than us in the fitness forum as well? Mods can ban me if this isn’t allowed. You are correct. I really thought I was in GD And props to you for maintaining that at 50+ |