How do people start doing pushups at such a high rep count ?
Hello, I'm not an athletic person but by no means am I a lazy person either. I work out sometimes doing bodyweight exercises including pushups, sit ups, crunches, leg raises, planks. Additionally, I cycle on a weekly basis.
I've started doing pushups a few months ago and I've progressed from being able to do about 21 (7x3) in total to 35-40 (15-18 * 3) in total.
There is no issue there, the issue is I'm baffled at how people say that doing 100 pushups a day is the bare minimum for being fit. I find it highly unlikely that someone who is able to do 100 pushups would be barely fit. am I missing something ? or is this benchmark completely unrealistic ? I can't even do 100 knee pushups, yet I believe I am moderately fit. What do you think ?