How many pushups can you do?

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NKAJ said:

Scruff7 said:

The British Army Basic Fitness Test requires you to do:

- as many press ups as you can in 2 minutes (min 30 for a pass),

- as many sit-ups as you can in 2 minutes (min 30 is a pass)

- a 1.5 mile run in under 10mins 30 seconds

so if you can do those, you meet the basic criteria for the British Army.

Doesn't sound so hard now does it? remember you have to do each one after the other, with only a few minutes rest in between. I like to make sure i can keep up with that even though i left the army a few years back.

Top number of press-ups without stopping: 150. i think i cried after.

That actually doesn't sound  that hard.The press ups i would find hard but sit ups isn't that hard and iv already run 1.5 miles faster and in hilly terrain.

To be honest i would have thought that the fitness test would have been harder...although i may come to regret these words :)

I agree somewhat.

I am terribly unfit at the moment (tested myself and can't quite reach 10 proper push ups) but I wouldn't have described myself as a fit person 3-4 years ago when I could do 20 push ups, and probalby 40 sit ups within the time frame (though I never really tried to do lots of sit ups in one go)

No idea how fast I could run 1.5 miles, but 10 min 30 sounds achievable.