🤔How Much Weight You Lift With Push-Ups?

💪 During Push-Ups, how much of your bodyweight do you actually lift?

A 2011 study investigated this by analyzing 6 different push-up variations [1].

With the traditional bodyweight push-up, you lift roughly 64% of your own bodyweight. With the kneeling push-up, you reduce the amount of weight you lift to 49%.

If your hands are elevated by 30cm, you push up roughly 55% of your bodyweight. If you raise your hands 60cm, you push-up 41% of your bodyweight.

Elevating the feet by 30cm results in you pushing up 70% of your bodyweight, so the push-up becomes harder. When you elevate the feet by 60cm, you push-up 74% of your bodyweight.

Now, it is worth mentioning that the push-up weight at different elevations also depends a bit on your height. So consider the figures discussed in this video as general guidelines

📚 Scientific Reference:
1. Ebben, William P., et al. "Kinetic analysis of several variations of push-ups." The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 25.10 (2011): 2891-2894.

[s.bhaskar]

So, with my bodyweight 75 kgs doing traditional pushups, its equivalent to bench press approx 50 kgs, right?

[Joejoe-seke]

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[bustercherry]

I don't think it's just height to take into consideration. Body type as well. Pushups would be a little harder for someone like me who's more top heavy and have most of their weight above their waist. So my percentage of weight lifted in a pushup should be a little higher since more of the weight is closer my shoulders.

[zealousk]

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[CassandraAlicante]

What about differences between genders? Since weight is usually distributed differently