How many push ups do you do to lose weight?

Answer 1

You have to burn about 3500 calories to burn 1 pound.

Assuming that doing 15 pushups burns 1 calorie (I am making this number up - it might be more pushups or less pushups)

It would take ~52,500 pushups!

The problem with this - if you did that many pushups you would actually gain some lean muscle mass - means you may not even lose any weight! But don't worry, lean muscle mass is good!

Answer 2

push ups will help burn calories but unless you watch your calorie intake, they won't help you lose weight very fast. In fact, you may gain a little weight because you will build muscle and it weights more than fat (for the same physical size piece). i have tried so hard to lose weight, how can i improve?

Answer 3

When getting in shape, you should pace yourself based on your physical capabilities. Depending on how easily you can do push ups, you should start doing between 10 and 20 per day. Each week, add another 5 or 10 push ups to your daily routine. Continue doing this until you get to a number you're happy with -for many people, this number is between 75 and 100- and continue doing them each day.

Answer 4

There is no easy answer to this question because there are so many variables. Your weight, size, age, gender, fat distribution, and the way you do the push up all change the amount of calories burned. For example, a huge big fat giant would burn many more calories in one push up than a small thin child.

Assuming you are the average human, which means you'er a 28 year old Han Chinese man, and I'll assume he weights 150 lbs. If he does 1 hour of push ups, he will burn 573 calories according to fatburn.com

One pound is 3,500 calories. Which means 6.1 hours worth of push ups burn off a pound. Now we have to see the rate of your push ups. If you're doing one push up every two seconds that means you've done 10,994 push ups. (6.1 hours x 60 minutes x 60 seconds / 2)

So if 10,994 push ups burn off one pound then one push up burns off 1/10,994 of a pound.

In case you missed it, your answer is 10,994 push ups to burn off a pound.

But, I guarantee you can't do a push up every two seconds for over six hours without stopping. A much better idea would be to skip dinner and go for a jog everyday for the rest of your life. Your body burns calories all day naturally. If you just cut down on your meals, it will burn the pounds off for you much faster than you can do it by exercise. Eating less food is way more helpful than exercising more. It's like you're asking how many times you need to blow on your shirt to dry it off while you're still in a swimming pool. How about just getting out of the pool and letting it dry off on its own?

Answer 5

u dont want 2 help urself so start out with 5 at the max and gradually increase at ur own pace.

Answer 6

Pushups don't really burn calories, they increase strength by building muscle. Muscle does burn calories but it'd take quite a while. If you want to burn calories try an aerobic workout.