Well I can't say that badminton helped me to improve on the number pushups and situps. I use to be able to do more when I younger probably because I weighed less. Lol. Right now: pushups - 40 (after 30, I'm struggling) situps - 35 (it hurts after 25, lol.)
weak? i havent done pushups and crunches for a while right now....pushups - 30 then im like omg crunches 65
well I haven't really done anything for 3 weeks now, but i can still do nearly as much as i was able to do before. pushups - 30 (struggling after 15) situps - 250 (can do this much for sure and can probably do more)
well it really depends on how much time you take to do 1. If you do a perfect pushup or a situp, like 3-5 seconds up and another 3-5 seconds down, I doubt anyone can do very many.
Maybe from now onwards, you guys should post how fast you do it. For me, I do 40 slow agonizing pushups. After 30, I'm practically all red and my arms are about to collaspe but I push myself. Same with situps, 35 is like my max, it just burns so much and hurts. Lol. I do the ones where your back does not touch the floor. I can't believe you guys could do so many sit ups. I've seen people do 50+ slow pushups in front of me and are still not tired. So I tell them to do it again and they sitll have enough energy to pull of another set of 50+.
I try to do the navy seal exercise program to help me with my badminton and that includes a lot of push ups and ab crunches. I do three circuits of a number of exercises which include 3 sets of 50 push ups and 30 crunches. Anything more than that would already prevent me from finishing the program.
At one time: Push-Ups: now 40ish. If I practice, 60-70 Sit-Ups: many hundreds if not thousands, sit-ups are easy. I'm sure many here can do in the thousands in one sitting.
It depends a lot on how one does the sit-ups. If they are done so that legs are supported (e.g. by a partner or tied under a chair), then big leg & hip muscles are used much more than abdominals. All badminton players can do hundreds of sit-ups that way. But if legs are not supported then most of us will have problems quite quickly... Try this: go to your starting push-up position and lower yourself resting against elbows & forearms (while keeping your legs & upper body straight, you should feel pressure in your abdominals, legs and arms). If you can remain, without moving at all, in this position for 3 minutes, then I'd say that your mid-body is in good shape. I usually train this by doing 3 x 2 minutes with 5 min rest in between.
JMV: good test! I just tried it and did hold for 3 minutes but I was straining at 1 minute and shaking/not being able to hold completely still after 2 minutes and the last 60 seconds hurt. FYI: I'm 215-220lbs.
without stopping, 70 push up and 80 sit-up in one minute. The sit-up are done a weird way though, whe just have to go touch our knee. We do these kind of test in our phys ed. course
it depends a lot on how you do them. in terms of pushups i can do over 80 the way a lot of little kids do them: as fast as they can with their head down, arms not bent all the way at the bottom, hands wherever they feel comfortable, letting the abs sag a bit. properly its about 40. i like to do these sit ups called janda sit ups cause it seems to work and takes a lot less time this a description from some website: "Assume the standard bent-knee crunch position while your partner holds your legs just below the calves. This hand position is the secret to Janda sit-ups. Your feet should remain in contact with the floor at all times during the movement, and the knees should be flexed no more than 90 degrees. Fold you hands across your chest, inhale, and slowly sit up while applying steady pressure against your partner's hands with your legs. Stop when the tension in the abs is about to drop off (around halfway up) and exhale at the top of the movement. Inhale again and lower yourself all the way to the floor, pushing against your partner's hands the whole time. Relax for a second, then repeat. According to Joseph Horrigan, DC of the Soft Tissue Center in Los Angeles, being able to just do two or three Janda sit-ups is considered good. However, you can start holding a plate across your chest for extra loading as you get better."
About the same for me - 1 minute is ok, second minute is tough and the last 60 seconds is pure pain. That's why I train by doing only 2 min sets. Reason why I'm doing this instead of normal sit-ups is because this "static" stuff really helps keep all mid-section muscles in shape. LazyBuddy: can you do 1 minute? This is an easier excercise than normal sit-ups (at first...).
For pushups... If I push myself to the limit ... I could say near 40... But for situps, I tried doing 40 once and my back .... Or was it my waist... Well both of them starting hurting for like a week or so. Since then I"ve been scared of situps and will not do over 10 ever again
thank but i don't think these as legit sit-up, the first 45 sec is more like a speed contest and in the end it hurt like hell, and we begin to slow down. The sit up are done without a partner holding our feet. Leg bendt a bit lesser than 90 deg. and a sit up is acheive when our hant touch the ground then touche the knee. So we have to make about 1/4 of a normal sit up. But it's still hard to make more than that because we run out of time
For badminton you really shouldn't be doing those slow sit ups and push ups. They will develop some very stiff muscles and that isn't favourable for badminton.
push up...now ..15-25..maybe can reach 30..15 yrs ago..i can do 50+ in a mins sit up...don't know...never really try...10-15 maybe
