Push-Up Test Percentile Calculator

Perform consecutive repetitions with the prescribed standard or modified form. Keep your body aligned, lower through a consistent range of motion, and return to the start position on each repetition. Stop at muscle failure or when you cannot maintain proper form. Do not rest between repetitions.

No. Complete as many consecutive valid push-ups as possible with no time limit and no rest. Timed, cadence-based, military, occupational, and research tests use different rules, so their scores are not interchangeable with this reference table.

The historical women's reference table uses modified knee push-ups, while the men's table uses standard push-ups from the toes. The forms move different proportions of body mass, so their scores are not interchangeable. This calculator supports only those two source-matched combinations.

Practice the same form consistently and increase volume gradually while leaving recovery between harder sessions. There is no validated promise that one generic plan will add a fixed number of repetitions in eight weeks. Stop for shoulder, wrist, elbow, chest, or back pain and use a qualified coach or clinician when an injury or medical condition affects training.

A 2019 JAMA Network Open study followed 1,104 occupationally active male firefighters for about 10 years. Participants who completed more than 40 push-ups during the study's paced protocol had fewer cardiovascular events than those who completed 10 or fewer. This observational result does not establish causation, and it should not be generalized to women, older adults, or the general population without supporting data. A push-up count can describe muscular endurance, but it is not a cardiovascular screening test.