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Chris Braun - 03 Jun 2004 04:12 GMT

I just did a set of pushups -- managed 18 -- my new PR :-). (This is
from-the-toes pushups. I think 18 is not bad for a 56-year-old woman

:-).)

Chris

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Michael Plumridge - 03 Jun 2004 05:23 GMT

I think 18 is pretty much amazing for a 56 year old woman. Congratulations.
I can only do about 14 before I have to stop for a minute, and I'm a 24 year
old man.

Mike
196/168/165 (for now)

> I just did a set of pushups -- managed 18 -- my new PR :-). (This is
> from-the-toes pushups. I think 18 is not bad for a 56-year-old woman
> :-).)
>
> Chris

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Beverly - 04 Jun 2004 04:00 GMT

> I just did a set of pushups -- managed 18 -- my new PR :-). (This is
> from-the-toes pushups. I think 18 is not bad for a 56-year-old woman
> :-).)
>
> Chris

I'm impressed! I'm sure 18 is beyond the reach of many people much younger
than you.

I haven't done push ups for a couple of years. Your post got me to
wondering how many I could do so I gave it a whirl. I could only manage 5
from the toes. My upper body has never been my strongest area - you don't
build too many upper body muscles resting the arms on bike handlebars<g>

Beverly

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Chris Braun - 04 Jun 2004 04:16 GMT

>> I just did a set of pushups -- managed 18 -- my new PR :-). (This is
>> from-the-toes pushups. I think 18 is not bad for a 56-year-old woman
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>
>Beverly

Five is still pretty good for a woman! The reason I can do this many,
of course, is because I train bench press seriously, which builds the
chest and arms a lot.

Chris

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JMA - 07 Jun 2004 00:10 GMT

> Five is still pretty good for a woman! The reason I can do this many,
> of course, is because I train bench press seriously, which builds the
> chest and arms a lot.
>
> Chris

I was able to do my first regular push-ups a few weeks ago and I definitely
credit bench presses and other weight training.

Jenn
5 push ups, 10 dips, 0 pull ups

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Angie - 05 Jun 2004 18:25 GMT

that is really good i'm lucky if I can do one and i'm 29 yrs old
Angie

> I just did a set of pushups -- managed 18 -- my new PR :-). (This is
> from-the-toes pushups. I think 18 is not bad for a 56-year-old woman
> :-).)
>
> Chris

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