Greetings -
I was wondering ...
How many pull-ups do you think the average 50-year-old American male can do?
And how many pull-ups do you think a fit 50-year-old male should be able to do?
In part idle curiosity, but mostly trying to set a reasonable target for myself.
Thanks,
- Richard
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10-17-2010, 09:21 AM #1
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how many pull-ups - avg./typical U.S. // fit 50-yr-old man ??
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10-17-2010, 09:25 AM #2
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10-17-2010, 09:33 AM #3
Not even a half-rep.
And how many pull-ups do you think a fit 50-year-old male should be able to do?
If you're looking for a goal to shoot for, don't go by someone else's opinion. Just get in there and do as many as you are able (even if it's only one), and then work to add a rep or two with each subsequent workout.
When you get to the point where you can bang out a solid set of 10-12, get a weight belt and add some weight, and start the progression over again.No brain, no gain.
"The fitness and nutrition world is a breeding ground for obsessive-compulsive behavior. The irony is that many of the things people worry about have no impact on results either way, and therefore aren't worth an ounce of concern."--Alan Aragon
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10-17-2010, 10:21 AM #4
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10-17-2010, 12:38 PM #8
A little cut & paste....long but interesting. Note the the average number of pullups is 1.
The average man is 34.4 years old.
The average man is married with two children.
The average man earns $36,100 per year and has $3,100 in the bank.
The average man sleeps about 7 hours on a work night.
Age when the average guy is in the best shape of his life: 23 years
The average man is is about 5' 9" tall.
He weighs 175 pounds.
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Weight (lbs) 168 179 182 185 184
Weight (kg) 76 81.1 82.6 84 83.5
Percentage of men who consider themselves "physically fit": 69%
Percentage who actually are: 13%
Time it takes the average guy to run a mile: 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Time it takes the average American man to run 1.5 miles: 12 minutes, 45 seconds
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Time (m:s) 12:18 12:51 13:53 14:55 16:07
Pounds the average man can bench-press one time: 160
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Max. Weight (lbs) 180 158 143 128 116
Number of sit-ups he can do in 1 minute: 36
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Sit-ups 40 36 31 26 20
Number of push-ups he can do with good form in 1 minute: 27
Age (yrs) 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Push-ups 33 27 21 15 15
Number of pull-ups he can do: 1
Resting heart rate of a fit man: 52 beats per minute
Time it takes a fit man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 30 years
Resting heart rate of a man who's out of shape: 72 beats per minute
Time it takes an out-of-shape man to log 8,000,000 heartbeats: 19 years
Size of the average guy's biceps: 13 inches (flexed)
Size of his chest: 40 inches (inhaled)
Size of his waist: 34 inches
Amount of muscle the average sedentary guy loses each year: 1 pound
Amount of fat he gains each year: 1.1 pounds
The part of a man's body that is the biggest turn-on for the average woman: his butt
The part the average guy spends the most time trying to develop: his chest
Percentage of men who don't belong to a gym: 88%
Average cost of a 1-year gym membership: $648
Amount the average 40-year-old man would save each year in medical costs if he exercised regularly: $949
Time period when the typical gym is least crowded: 10:00am to 11:30am
Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if... they could build twice the muscle with half the effort: 40%
Percentage of men who would never skip another workout if... women began wearing see-through spandex: 16%
Exercise equipment the average guy is most likely to own: dumbbells
Percentage of men who use their fitness equipment as... a place to hang their clothes: 45%
Percentage of men who use their fitness equipment as... a doorstop: 13%
Number of men who would rather work out than have sex: 1 in 7
Percentage of men who think that gyms are pickup joints: 14%
The life expectancy of the average man is:
Year Born 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1997
Life Expectancy (yrs) 65.6 66.6 67.1 70.0 71.8 73.6The first rule to winning the game is to stay in it......
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10-17-2010, 01:08 PM #9
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10-17-2010, 02:34 PM #13
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The "average" 50 year old Americam male?
Are negative number allowed?
The normal joe walking down the street cant do any pullups, nor do they attempt to do any.
You are far ahead of the game just doing any at all. Good for you."To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other."-- Carlos Castaneda
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10-17-2010, 10:21 PM #18
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Okay -
Thanks much, y'all.-
We'll toss out the 350 as an outlier.
So I'll shoot for 20 as my target.
Did a whopping 3 the other day,
(but I couldn't do any at the start
of the summer).
At least I can use the playground
monkeybars now instead of needing
the assist machine.
Pyramid time.
Thanks again.
- Richard
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10-17-2010, 10:45 PM #19
Here's a little pullup inspiration for you. This is timberwolf from the forum. He's not quite 50 yet, but in his 40's.
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10-17-2010, 11:38 PM #20
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10-18-2010, 12:19 AM #21
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10-18-2010, 04:18 AM #22
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10-18-2010, 04:33 AM #23
Oh, I think they could. I live across the street from a college, and these kids look like they could pump out a few.
That's the problem, really. I got the little feel-good rush from this thread, as I'm sure the rest of y'all did, when I realized that I could do more pullups than an average 50 year old (I'm 49, 10-11 to failure), but then realized that we don't live in an age-segregated world.
Gotta be able to do better than the kids before I'm getting a real ego boost. 20, I figure would put me well in the safe zone.
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10-18-2010, 06:18 AM #24
Average male.....0.
Average retired male..... <0.
I laugh at the 175 lbs when I see the 40,000+ male retirees here I know there aren't even a dozen who could do 8 - 10. We describe life in The Villages as "where the women can't get pregnant and the men all look like they are".
At 69 and 208 lbs, I can still do 2 X 25 each on wide grips and parallel grips as my warmup on Shoulders/Back day.
Lets face it, it is only here in our iron fraternity that we care about such health and fitness. The slugs out there don't even believe it is possible. To them, age is their handy excuse.Last edited by Dutchman; 10-18-2010 at 06:59 AM.
Dutch
For four generations my family has answered the call and served as needed from Europe to Asia to 9/11. We will gladly stand and fight again to preserve our freedom from tyranny.
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10-18-2010, 06:26 AM #25
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10-18-2010, 07:09 AM #26
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Hmmm.
Better change my target to 25.
Hmmm again.
In fairness, I think that there are many non-iron folks who care about fitness. It's just that many of them only care about (or only advert to) the cardio side of fitness, and turn a blind eye to resistance training.
[Certainly, I know that I was late to the iron party.]
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10-18-2010, 07:30 AM #27
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10-18-2010, 01:15 PM #28
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10-18-2010, 01:33 PM #29
My shoulders really used to s*ck in comparison to chest, arms etc. I started working the pullups doing all three variants on the assisted machine, wide, parallel and reverse for 1 set @ 5 or 6 reps. Every two weeks I forced myself to add just 1 rep and before you knew it I was flying. By 10 reps I was cutting down on the amount of assist and eventually I was free and flying. I added additional strength with heavy rack deads and both dumbell (now 5 X 10 @ 90) and machine pullovers (3 X 5 @ 260). Just give yourself time, but and it is a big BUT, make it a priority and your shoulders will be strong and painfree for years.
Dutch
For four generations my family has answered the call and served as needed from Europe to Asia to 9/11. We will gladly stand and fight again to preserve our freedom from tyranny.
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10-18-2010, 01:35 PM #30
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