Here's how: 1  Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and knees bent slightly. 2  Lean forward, placing your hands just above your knees. 3  Round your back so that your chest is closed and your shoulders are curved forward.  Then arch your back so that your chest opens and your shoulders roll 1  back. Repeat several times.
Typically this count is between 100,000 and 300,000 shutter actuations, with the latter limit associated with the EOS-1D models. In fact, the Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database is a really neat user-based site for DSLR models of several brands, including Canon.
People often make the mistake of equating frame rate with shutter speed. In other words, some people determine that if they are shooting with a shutter speed of 1/100th of a second, that they are in turn shooting 100 frames per second. This is not the case.