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Italians_Invented_2A 2 points ago +3 / -1

That's not push ups, that's humping the floor.

A push up with proper form (say, military rules) is no joke.

No way in hell someone can do 100 without being an athlete that trains for endurance.

This is a proper push up

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zooty 2 points ago +2 / -0

Can't anymore but back in my youth when I cycled to school every day, I could do 80 with no additional training. Anyone up to 30 without excessive weight to lose should be able to get there pretty quickly.

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ChickNorris 2 points ago +2 / -0

hey, you don't have to believe me. I'm ok with that. In addition to regular push ups I was doing multiple sets of prison cell push ups. Prison Cell Pushups. P90X are 90 minute full body workouts. I had crazy upper body strength. I constantly got compliments on the muscle tone of my arms.

I was an athlete and I had endurance.

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Italians_Invented_2A 2 points ago +3 / -1

Doing 100 push ups and not being able to do one single pull up is impossible.

It would be an unbelievable muscle imbalance, no matter your level of fitness.

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ChickNorris 2 points ago +2 / -0

ok.

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ChickNorris 1 point ago +1 / -0

Pull ups are probably 85% back muscles while push ups are pecs, deltoids, triceps and abs.

They work different muscle groups. I obviously had better developed chest, shoulders, arms and abs than back. So I could get through multiple push ups but I had trouble doing pull ups.

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Italians_Invented_2A 2 points ago +2 / -0

Then be careful. Muscle imbalances between the push and pull muscles can lead to shoulder injuries.

In theory one is supposed to row almost as much as he benches.