However, Joseph suggests that men in their 20s should be able to do an average of between 30 and 43 push-ups, adding that ...

I recently did a challenge that was 100 push ups a day AND 100 pull ups a day for a whole month. It was pretty tough at first, but after about a week of it I felt like I could keep going on autopilot.

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Push-ups always came easy to me. In my 20s and 30s, I could crank out more than 30 a day if I wanted to, and I loved how strong they made me feel. But the other day, when I went to do a set of 10 push ...