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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

How many push-ups can you do? It's how to test your fitness

The Mayo Clinic is back and making us all feel bad about ourselves again. This week they revealed the total number of push ups the average person should be able to do. 

The number has proved pretty divisive. As a goal, it makes sense, but considering the average American struggles to do just five push ups, we can’t help but feel like it’s a little unrealistic. Maybe us Brits are a little better, but there’s no current data to prove that.

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