Chest-to-Ground Push-Up Records - Most Push-Ups in One Hour
How many can chest-to-ground push-ups can you do?
The push-up is a test of upper body strength, and is commonly used in extreme tests of endurance. It is common to use the number of push-ups someone can do as an assessment of their fitness. Here are results of record attempts for push ups using the technique of lowering the chest fully to the ground. The standard technique only requires the chest to lower so that the elbows are at right angles.
chest-to-ground push up techniqueMost chest-to-ground push-ups in an hour - Guinness Book of Records
Male Records
- 1,651 - 36-year-old German Ilja Mazar performed 1,651 chest-to-ground push-ups on 13 October 2025. (subject to ratification by the Guinness Book of Records).
- 1,721 - The record was set by Oregon Army National Guard Physician Assistant Major Tommy Vu on Sept. 20, 2025, at West Coast Strength gym in West Salem. (subject to ratification by the Guinness Book of Records).
- 1,530 - achieved by Alexander Capogna (USA) in New York, USA, on 17 February, 2025. Capogna previously held this title.
- 1,246 - achieved by Alexander Capogna (USA), August 2024.
- 1,490 - achieved by Tommy Vu on 20 April 2024 at the Kearney Family YMCA.
- 884 - achieved by Alexander Capogna (USA), October 2023.
Most chest-to-ground push-ups in an hour - female
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Correct Technique
The assessors at the Guinness World Record requires that record setters perform the push-up with a specific technique. For the chest-to-ground push up, the starting position is with the chest in contact with the ground, arms shoulder width apart. The torso is then lifted off the ground by performing a push up, with the body raised until the arms are straight, although the elbows do not need to be locked, before returning to the start position. The chest must make clear contact with the ground for each push up to count. Participants must also keep the body straight throughout (i.e. no bending at the knees or waist). Rest periods are allowed.
Other Techniques
- Most Push-Ups in One Hour (standard technique)
- Clap Push-ups - most in a hour
- Most Push-Ups with 60lbs in One Hour
Resources
- More Push-Up Records
- Push-up tests
- More push-up Results
- Description of the standard traditional push-up technique
- Push-Up Test Norms
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