I’ve spent the last month and well over 40 hours of my free time researching, compiling, filming, and creating what you see here today. This list shows more Push-Ups than any other like it AND gives ranking/context its difficulty. Here are the Links...
Video, Excel Sheet
Video - containing things like:
Well, let me first start off by saying, this turned into a much bigger project than I was originally expecting...
Long story short I expected the internet to already have this, but it didn’t to my surprise! Greatist had an 80+ push up list that was alright but did a poor job of conveying the difference in difficulty between progressions. It also used a lot of slightly different variations to get to that 80+ number.
Youtube also failed me in this search. Almost all videos had less than 50 push-ups and most LVL 1-100 took big leaps between ‘levels’. I just felt like there was very unclear information for people to set their expectations by.
But more than anything, I’m working hard on what seems like a far off dream of making youtube a full-time job. I cannot think of a more fun way to spend my day than teaching people and entertaining them with the hobby/sport/passion that I love so much. So expect a lot more videos from me in the future on Youtube, and definitely smaller projects so I can get them out a bit faster!
So yeah... I expect more than a few “you forgot xyz” push up, but I’m all ears!
I think we could make this a community-style list that could just be a good reference point for everyone. I’m thinking of using it like the Overcoming Gravity 2 list that I have referenced more than a few times.
The only real rule I had when making the selections was that it had to be able to be found from multiple sources, preferably on different platforms (Youtube, Google, Reddit). There are a lot of slightly different variations that cannot be found outside of their bubble, so I tried to play it a tad conservative.
Also, I could have quintupled this list with variations like Knee, Tucked, Adv Tuck, Half Lay, Straddle Half Lay, Open Adv Tuck, Degrees of Incline/Decline. So I think we’d have to play it conservatively with adding things that fit into those variations to keep this a manageable size.
Totally open to speaking with any mods or users that would want to help me upkeep this list so that it’s a useful tool for a long time to come.
Thanks for checking it out!
So far the community has added the following to the list:
Bulgarian Push Up - Beginner
Archer Ring Push Up - Intermediate
Archer Pelican Planche Push Up - Elite
One arm Elbow Lever to One arm Planche - Elite
Zanetti Press/Van Gelder - Elite
Video, Excel Sheet
Video - containing things like:
- A *subjective* scale from Novice to Elite (incline push-ups to full planche push-ups, and beyond)
- My personal 1-10 Difficulty scale for the push-ups I can do.
- A lot of blood, sweat, and tears in editing to make a 17-minute video about push-ups interesting…
- Categories for Handstand, Planche, Unilateral, Popular, and Weighted variations
- A note from me on how I would use each push up for training
- Each push-up name is a clickable link for more information about the exercise
Why would one man do such a thing?
Well, let me first start off by saying, this turned into a much bigger project than I was originally expecting...
Long story short I expected the internet to already have this, but it didn’t to my surprise! Greatist had an 80+ push up list that was alright but did a poor job of conveying the difference in difficulty between progressions. It also used a lot of slightly different variations to get to that 80+ number.
Youtube also failed me in this search. Almost all videos had less than 50 push-ups and most LVL 1-100 took big leaps between ‘levels’. I just felt like there was very unclear information for people to set their expectations by.
But more than anything, I’m working hard on what seems like a far off dream of making youtube a full-time job. I cannot think of a more fun way to spend my day than teaching people and entertaining them with the hobby/sport/passion that I love so much. So expect a lot more videos from me in the future on Youtube, and definitely smaller projects so I can get them out a bit faster!
Ongoing Updates/Moving Forward (how to submit a push up I missed):
So yeah... I expect more than a few “you forgot xyz” push up, but I’m all ears!
I think we could make this a community-style list that could just be a good reference point for everyone. I’m thinking of using it like the Overcoming Gravity 2 list that I have referenced more than a few times.
The only real rule I had when making the selections was that it had to be able to be found from multiple sources, preferably on different platforms (Youtube, Google, Reddit). There are a lot of slightly different variations that cannot be found outside of their bubble, so I tried to play it a tad conservative.
Also, I could have quintupled this list with variations like Knee, Tucked, Adv Tuck, Half Lay, Straddle Half Lay, Open Adv Tuck, Degrees of Incline/Decline. So I think we’d have to play it conservatively with adding things that fit into those variations to keep this a manageable size.
Totally open to speaking with any mods or users that would want to help me upkeep this list so that it’s a useful tool for a long time to come.
Thanks for checking it out!
So far the community has added the following to the list:
Bulgarian Push Up - Beginner
Archer Ring Push Up - Intermediate
Archer Pelican Planche Push Up - Elite
One arm Elbow Lever to One arm Planche - Elite
Zanetti Press/Van Gelder - Elite
