How many sit ups can you do in a minute?

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In view of this thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17577210

I said have in the past been able to 90 in a minute, and that your "averagely fit" guy ie the likes of you and me, should be able to hit well over the 60 mark.
Anybody want to have a crack and see if i am right?
It doesnt need to be scientific just have a crack.
I will embarrass myself and have another go at it if someone else will :o .
 
Ok, someone else went first and bearing in mind i havnt so much as breathe heavily over the past year, i managed 67.

Thats a whole 23 off my previous best.

I also feel sick now as well.
:(
 
I assume you're following the pattern of
- Fingers on temples, elbows out in front at all times.
-1 rep is from shoulders on floor up to elbows on top (not just touching) of your knees, and back down again.

If so, then I'm on 45.
 
OCdt Stringy said:
I assume you're following the pattern of
- Fingers on temples, elbows out in front at all times.
-1 rep is from shoulders on floor up to elbows on top (not just touching) of your knees, and back down again.

If so, then I'm on 45.
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Looks like you need to try harder.

Its a pity Jonesc2ii isnt on here anymore, he could show us all up.
 
atpbx said:
Looks like you need to try harder.

Its a pity Jonesc2ii isnt on here anymore, he could show us all up.
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I need to try harder? Nobody at RAF selection I've heard of has ever gotten more than 60. Sheesh, at selection for the Royal Marines they tell you to stop if you get to 80 in 2 minutes. I'm not saying you're a liar, but something can't be right with the technique, or you're part of a very small minority that are amazing at sit ups.
 
OCdt Stringy said:
I need to try harder? Nobody at RAF selection I've heard of has ever gotten more than 60. Sheesh, at selection for the Royal Marines they tell you to stop if you get to 80 in 2 minutes. I'm not saying you're a liar, but something can't be right with the technique, or you're part of a very small minority that are amazing at sit ups.
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I frequently do sit ups (boxing gym) and have been for years, and I can't do more than 60 in a minute either.
 
OCdt Stringy said:
I need to try harder? Nobody at RAF selection I've heard of has ever gotten more than 60. Sheesh, at selection for the Royal Marines they tell you to stop if you get to 80 in 2 minutes.
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I've seen the people at RAF selection, i'm not surprised a bunch of students and girls cant do more than 60 in a minute ;) .

The yard stick you use for comparison "because someone in the army cant do it, it must be hard" doesnt really cut much ice.

Here is some sit up facts:

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/newsissues/030802/index.asp?page=AroundWorld
http://www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/20050216/lg-at1.shtml

We are not even close to being anything special sit up wise.
 
atpbx said:
I've seen the people at RAF selection, i'm not surprised a bunch of students and girls cant do more than 60 in a minute ;) .

The yard stick you use for comparison "because someone in the army cant do it, it must be hard" doesnt really cut much ice.

Here is some sit up facts:

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/newsissues/030802/index.asp?page=AroundWorld
http://www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/20050216/lg-at1.shtml

We are not even close to being anything special sit up wise.
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My argument has always been against the comment of 'averagely fit' tis all. Someone who gets into the Marines is more than averagely fit. Someone I know who gets level 14 on a bleep test (not me btw) is certainly more than averagely fit, yet they can only get 50 sit ups in the minute. All I've done is disagree with the comment relating situps to fitness. To get a lot of situps into a minute you have to be good/gifted in the art.
 
The amount of sit-ups you can do has no relevance to how fit you are.

If you did nothing but hundreds of sit-ups you'd end up very good at sit-ups and able to do loads but it wouldn't mean you were fit.

You wouldn't correlate fitness to how many reps of a bench press or squats someone can do so why do it with sit-ups?
 
I think when it comes to saying how many you can do, the internet is not the right place for debate. The fact is, without video streams and what not (and were not at that kind of level with everyones upstream yet) its impossible to judge technique.
 
Goatboy said:
The amount of sit-ups you can do has no relevance to how fit you are.

If you did nothing but hundreds of sit-ups you'd end up very good at sit-ups and able to do loads but it wouldn't mean you were fit.

You wouldn't correlate fitness to how many reps of a bench press or squats someone can do so why do it with sit-ups?
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This isnt the point of the thread.

I dont care if you are fit enough to run around the planet non stop without breaking a sweat.
The question is, how many can you do in a minute.
If you dont want to try it or if you want to argue about how great the RAF selection course is bugger off and start another thread and stop filling this thread with this off topic gayness.

So far, I'm winning and you are all faggots. ;)
 
Your opening post correlated 'average fitness' with a suggested number of situps so you opened it up to 'gay criticism'

I don't know how many situps I can do, I'd rather prove my suprememe manliness on the pullup bar - got any figures for those?
 
Goatboy said:
Your opening post correlated 'average fitness' with a suggested number of situps so you opened it up to 'gay criticism'

I don't know how many situps I can do, I'd rather prove my suprememe manliness on the pullup bar - got any figures for those?
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.....So far the average guys who have tried it have got 60, thats me Johnson and i suspect if Gilly hadnt had his dinner coming up he would have hit 60 as well.

As for Pull ups I dont know how many i can do, to be quite honest the only time ive done them is at work on the cages when we are waiting around doing nothing, i can do 10 one handed ones with each arm and then i dont do anymore, which i suspect is **** poor.

Would push ups be easier for everyone?
 
atpbx said:
So far, I'm winning and you are all faggots. ;)
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I can bench press 400 lbs, how much can you?.. ;) I can also deadlift nearly 500lbs, which, I would guess, despite the fact you can do more situps, would make my abdominal muscles much stronger than yours (and this goes for quite a few people who lift in this forum)

In conclusion, your the faggot :p
 
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