How Many Pushups Should I Do Daily?

There is no perfect number of pushups a person should do each day.

As Many As You Can

Pushups are an excellent exercise not only for improving upper body strength, but for increasing abdominal muscle tone. There are no guidelines for how many pushups you should do in a day. Generally, a person should do as many as he can comfortably.

Set Goals for Each Day

Setting goals for a number of pushups you can accomplish each day is paramount to increasing the number you can do. If your goal is 100 pushups per day for example, don't try and accomplish this goal by doing 100 in a row. Break the pushups into sets of three or five and do a set at a time, taking breaks as needed or doing them throughout the day.

Bottom Line

In an article for WebMD.com, personal trainer and American Council on Exercise spokesman Jonathan Ross says, "One of the reasons the pushup has endured so long is it's cheap, it's easy, it doesn't require any equipment, it can work multiple parts of the body at the same time -- and pretty much everyone, from beginners to athletes, can derive benefits."

References

• Military.com: The Push-up Push Workout
• WebMD.com: Doing the Perfect Push-up