Increasing pushup reps!

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Just turned 15, 5ft 7" and 130lbs (If this is needed) & my goal is to get the 100 press-ups.

So I started doing pushups since I was almost 13, on and off usually due to school exams, but for the time I did do them, I only got up to maybe 25, and increased during the years.

So it's been around 2 years of on & off training, and I fail to accomplish my goal, again and again, I'm always stuck at some number for a short while, after I turned 14, I could do about 30-35 max, and I still was disappointed because the time I put into training was more, and the results I did get, were less.

Just turned 15, and around a week ago, I tested my reps and got up to my max, which was 48 (Quick press-ups tho, or else 45 was my previous max on proper form).

People do say that it could take 3-12 months to go from 0-100 pushups, and it kinda seems unlikely. Is it my age, diet, training? atm I have my main exams coming up and so I'm only doing home workouts from time to time provided I'm done studying, trying to get 20 wide-grip pullups (Got a bar at home), so I can get the muscle up in the summer. I have a good bodyweight training plan for the summer and my end of summer goal is to get 100 pushups no matter what, so I need some advice and I need to know where I'm wrong.

Any help is appreciated :)

(Oh, and I do variations as well, diamonds, claps, spartan, wide-grip etc., but not too often, besides pushups I train my lower back doing the 'Supermans' (Not sure abt the name), and I've started squats, and ofcourse jogging and sprinting, I try doing dips using the monkeybars I have around my area, using my legs to get up on the bar in a muscle up position, I also do chin-ups and pullups having shoulder-width grip,
Also my diet isn't all too great, studying lots makes me go on a poor diet).
 
So, you're telling me you are trying to be able to do 100 push ups without stopping? That's not easy to accomplish, considering that the max push ups you can do is approximately 45. It will take months to you to be able to do 100 push ups at once, and you will have to do push ups everyday, and keep increasing the number of push ups you do without stopping, (once you get used to that number) until you get to 100. Don't do the push ups too quickly, that's a common mistake.
After you do a high number of repetitions of static exercises like the ones you refered to, it's important to consume food rich in proteins and carbohydrates. You should also consume carbohydrates before the exercise. Not imediately before, as you need to let the carbohydrates be digested. Remember that consuming proteins and carbohydrates after you exercise is crucial for the development of your muscles.
You don't need to do only push ups, if you want to gain muscle you can start weightlifting. Use dumbells, for example, they are easy to get, and google how to use them.
 
When I was your age, I got to a point where I could do 150 push ups. I got there over about 4 months (starting out only able to do about 5 or so), by doing roughly 10 sets a day. I'd roll out of bed in the morning and do a boat load of push ups. I'd take a dump, then do a boat load of push ups. I'd have a shower, then do a boat load of push ups. I'd get to school, then do a boat load of push ups. It was just lots of 1-off sets throughout the day.

Mind you, doing push ups and nothing but push ups isn't particularly good for the body -- you can create all sorts of problems by doing lots of pushing but no pulling. Nonetheless, just doing lots and lots of push ups throughout the day, every day, led to me doing 150 push ups.
 
@Rubenz, thanks for the diet advice, I already consume carbs before and after, also protein, I haven't been giving much importance to diet until this year & yeah, I need to accomplish this within the next 3-4 months max, my whole summer will be mornings of outdoor training and training & also for now, I'd like to keep off the weights, wouldn't want to damage my joints or anything.

@Goldfish lmao, you make it sound so easy.. I could startle so many people if I show them 150 pushups in 4 months, I will surely try that routine since I have no time during the day. How many did you do per set, maybe an average if you remember, should I max out on each set or keep it a steady amount according to my max reps?
Thanks
 
It's been about 400 years, so my memory's a little foggy. I think I took it to about an 8-9/10 RPE most of the time, so not quite getting to the point of failing, but coming pretty close. I seem to recall placing a high value on being able to get back up after each set as oppose to collapsing on the floor and lying there for the next 5 min before attempting to move. It was really just a matter of doing what I could, then getting on with life, then doing what I could again, rinse and repeat. The number of reps I'd get with each set went down throughout the day. Back when I started out, I was probably only doing 5 reps for the first 2-3 sets, then 4 reps, then 3, then 2, then 1. As my best performance gradually increased, the drift between my best and worst sets each day spread further. So after a month or two, it would've been something like 50, 50, 45, 40, 40, 35, 35, 30, 30, 30. Once I got beyond 100 in a single set, I think I dropped the total number of sets back, simply because doing 1,000+ push ups throughout a day gets boring. I wouldn't say it was easy (or particularly healthy), but it was simple. Work, rest, repeat.
 
Dude, you will only damage your joints if you lift weights which are too heavy for you. If you start off with weights which are not that heavy, that won't happen.
 
So how many sets of weight lifting should I do per week/month? How many times? I'm a newbie at weight lifting since I -never- gave it any importance.
 
If you have time to join a gym, go ahead, the trainers will help you. If you have the equipment at home, well, search at google how to develop a certain muscle using a certain equipment. Checkout this site, for example:
 
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