I see that there are probably a few members bringing down our average pushups per day per user into the low 100s, and some of that might be due to mistakes in their reporting.


If we just look at the ones who have fewer than 35 pushups per day in their averages, then we likely can see where there may well be mistakes.

I would suggest that Judith87403 and Dailyscript have errors in their reports,

and

I would suggest that SickDayIn and Kelward are providing proper reports, so they are merely working their way up to higher numbers.. perhaps?


By the way, when I had looked at this depiction, I had realized that I have had a tendency to vary the width of my feet. So sometimes i would have them together, but other times, I would have them apart and sometimes during the middle of the pushup I might change my foot position, so I had not really thought about foot position in terms of making much of a difference, except I was thinking that a little wider was more stable than being together.. but then maybe now that I thought about it, there could be some additional pressure on the core to stay balanced if the feet are closer together rather than being apart.

This article highlights the trade-offs in terms of foot position in regards to no more than 12 inches apart, and then I saw another one that said to keep them around shoulder width apart (which seems to be similar ideas).. but having them together might be acceptable too.. .but probably putting a bit more pressure on the core to maintain balance.

Here's the relevant statement from the article:

>>>"Great push-up form starts with a rigid plank. Your arms should be fully extended, with your hands, elbows, and shoulders all in line, and your feet should be no more than 12 inches apart—the closer together, the more difficult the push-up, because it requires more core activation for stability."<<<<<