100 Pushup Challenge

[3ric]

Day 1, week 1: 10/10/8/6 and 8. I had to go down on my knees on the last two sets to get the final rep.

[boberot]

Week 1, Day 2:
12/12/10/10 and 12.

It's amazing how quickly my mindset goes from "this is cake" to "OK, now I'm feeling it" to "thank god this is the last set."

[Fidatelo]

Originally Posted by FrogMan

whatever you do, just don't give up. The fact we've all decided to try is very good, and you will get better with time. Just don't give it up.

FM

Oh don't worry, the fact that I started this thread will keep me from quitting. It's bad enough to be failing, it would be altogether soul-crushing to quit in week 1 after starting up the thread!

I'm actually wondering if something isn't wrong with the columns. If someone gave everything they had on the initial test and got 6, how on earth are they going to pump out 7/7/5/4/5 two days later? That seems wrong to me. Just looking at the numbers, column 2 seems much more appropriate for me at this point, and is probably where I should have started in the first place.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I'm actually wondering if something isn't wrong with the columns. If someone gave everything they had on the initial test and got 6, how on earth are they going to pump out 7/7/5/4/5 two days later? That seems wrong to me. Just looking at the numbers, column 2 seems much more appropriate for me at this point, and is probably where I should have started in the first place.

looking at the numbers more closely, I agree. The second column hould probably be more for people who did 7 (or 8) to 15 and the third column for people who've tested with 16 or more.

FM

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I'm actually wondering if something isn't wrong with the columns.

I get the feeling this wasn't exactly well researched and tested. It looks more like something someone threw together. If the person who created it updates it as time goes on, I'm sure the numbers will become better.

IOW, I think we're the beta testers for this.

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by sabotai

IOW, I think we're the beta testers for this.

LOL!

FM

[Icy]

I finally started today and did better than what i thought, i even feel stronger and feel that tomorrow won't be sore as after the test. I read somewhere that muscle has some kind of memory,and that if you have worked out in the past, muscles get used faster to the workout even if you leave it for years. It seems so at least in my case so far.

I did today the first day of week 1:

10, 10, 8, 6 and 8 more to end (it said at least 7)

I feel really good and proud of myself, so this is not going to be good only for our health and body but for our self esteem.

[Neuqua]

31 on my initial test two days ago.

[Neuqua]

10/10/8/6/26

Did the 60 second intervals. I must be doing something wrong?

[vex]

Originally Posted by Neuqua

10/10/8/6/26

Did the 60 second intervals. I must be doing something wrong?

I don't think so. I did 33 on my initial test and then did 10/10/8/6/19 the next day instead of taking a day to rest. I'd imagine I would have done close to 25 if I had been a little more rested.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

yeah, my baseball coach in high school was an ex-drill Sargent and we made us do REAL push ups. Ever since high school I've always workout / try to do at least 500 push ups and crunches a day.

I hate you.

[KWhit]

Currently working on Day 2.

I've done 12 and then 12 and I feel like I'm gonna die. About to move on to a set of 10.

[KWhit]

Ouch. That hurt.

[KWhit]

I've done 12/12/10/10 but I just barely finished that last set. I have to wait a few minutes to start my last set (must do at least 10).

[KWhit]

Finally done. 12/12/10/10/12.

Suck it hundredpushups.com.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by KWhit

Suck it hundredpushups.com.

This made me laugh.

[PilotMan]

Alright, I did 8. I guess the weight that I have been packing on lately isn't muscle. I will start the program this weekend. I have never been much of a push-up-er. Easy enough to do though, hopefully I can stick with it.

[Maple Leafs]

Day 1: 10/10/8/6 and 21.

As soon as I started I realized my arms still hurt from two days ago. The over/under on me quitting this is currently set at week 1.5.

[FrogMan]

well bleh, a failed attempt on my day 2 of week 1 as I managed 12/12/10/10/6 and my last one was supposed to be max reps with min 10. I'll do day 2 over until I succeed before I move on to day three of week 1...

FM

[thesloppy]

Navigating to, and deciphering that scheduleon a daily/weekly basis could easily become a contributing factor in me not continuing this, so I made an equally (or more) ugly, but more convenient schedule for printing/viewing, if anybody wants it.

Spoiler

[vex]

Week 1, Day 2:

12/12/10/10/finished with 20.
One more on the max set this time than last, so I'm a little happy with that.

[saldana]

i did 12/12/10/10/15 last night..i probably could have squeezed out a couple more in the last set, but my wrists are really not liking the challenge...i think its because i am such a fatass

[boberot]

Week 1, Day 3

15/13/10/10/x = x is a minimum of 15

The bastards increase the x on this day for the first time, and it's just plain no fun. I barely squeezed out the 15.

It looks like they dial things back a bit for Week 2, Day 1 which is comforting.

[hoopsguy]

18 this morning, time to see where that slots me for Week 1 workouts.

[sabotai]

Got started today (and I'm glad I waited because I'm pretty sure I'm going to be sore tomorrow). I went down to the middle column instead of the last one. I did 7/7/5/4/8.

[sabotai]

dola,

And for some more workout, I added crunches and squats doing the 3rd column. 10/10/8/6/20 crunches (probably could have done more on the last set), and 10/10/8/6/14 squats. Doing squats without weights is harder than I thought, but I didn't do them until I couldn't anymore. I didn't want to fall over doing the last one. I just kept doing them until I felt my legs start to struggle a bit, then stopped.

[saldana]

Originally Posted by sabotai

dola,

And for some more workout, I added crunches and squats doing the 3rd column. 10/10/8/6/20 crunches (probably could have done more on the last set), and 10/10/8/6/14 squats. Doing squats without weights is harder than I thought, but I didn't do them until I couldn't anymore. I didn't want to fall over doing the last one. I just kept doing them until I felt my legs start to struggle a bit, then stopped.

i actually started doing abs a couple weeks ago...my wife got one of those ab-lounger chairs for free on craigslist, and i started a couple nights a week with it...i try to increase by 5 to 10 every night, and am doing that in concert with the pushups...week one, day one i did 2 sets, one of 40, and one of 20...working towards 100 on there too

[Draft Dodger]

I did 16 on my initial test. after finishing week 4, I tested at 38. These last two weeks are going to be killer, I think.

[3ric]

I haven't been able to finish Day 2, Week 1 yet - I was so sore after Day 1.

[AlexB]

I've taken a break as column three was way too much for me, and plan to restart the middle column at week 1 tomorrow.

[vex]

Week 1, Day 3:

15/13/10/10/22

The 3rd set was actually the hardest for whatever reason.

[PilotMan]

I started today with 7/7/5/4/6, not too bad, but going to hurt tomarrow.

[samifan24]

I'm entering week six and really struggling. I just took the week five stress test this morning and only did 52 pushups. During the week four stress test, I did 50. I'm supposed to follow the middle column for week six, which marks the first time that I'm not following the far right column. I feel like I was making a lot of progress in the early weeks but have really slowed down in the last two weeks. I can only do 52 in a row and I'm supposed to do almost double that for the final test next week? I don't see how I can do it.

[hoopsguy]

W1/D1 - decided that I'm going to go with the right-hand column, and repeat the week if I need to do so. Looks like I may find myself doing exactly that.

10/10/8/2(6)/2(5)

The number in parentheses are the knee push-ups I had to complete in order to get to the minimums on the 4th/5th set. I definitely felt tired at the end of the 3rd set, but I was very surprised to crash and burn as early and hard as I did on the fourth set.

Definite fitness reality call - not that I thought I was in good shape, but still disappointing.

[lighthousekeeper]

Finally got around to doing day 1, as i was sidelined for the better part of a week with a seriously abcessed tooth and only now returning to the land of the living.

[boberot]

Week 2, Day 1

12/12/9/7/x=12 for a total of 54 with 60-second breaks.

I'm so intimidated by the upcoming weeks. I am starting to doubt how just doing this program -- and no other weight training -- will get you into position to plop out 100 pushups.

I'll keep the faith for now . . . .

[sabotai]

I was still a bit sore, and pretty tired from work, so I decided to just do Day 1 over again. 7/7/5/4/11. I was surprised I did more than 7 on the last set.

[Schmidty]

I've been lazy. I went from 68 last week, to 62. There's no reason I shouldn't at work since I see no one for at least 5 hours every night.

Gotta get on it.

[lighthousekeeper]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

I've been lazy. I went from 68 last week, to 62. There's no reason I shouldn't at work since I see no one for at least 5 hours every night.

Gotta get on it.

just out of curiosity, what is your job?

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

just out of curiosity, what is your job?

Sitting around from 11 p.m. - 7a.m. Ten minutes or so of my time is actual work. The rest of the time is half-heartedly working toward my crappy BA degree, and doing what the fuck other else I want to do. Luckily my wife makes a LOT more than I do.

I wish I could just finish my English degree (so close), but at 33 with a family, it seems like a waste of money. I'm happy though.

Basically, I'm a night auditor at a Hotel. I get paid crap even though I'm qualified for much more. Saving money on daycare and just having a parent always with our daughter is way more important, IMO. She's my girl. My wife is too, but Lily (my kid) is amazing, and she won't be 6 forever. So it's worth the lack of sleep and stature.

[saldana]

i am a couple days late for week 1 day 3 as i have been fighting a sinus infection all week, but i was able to hit on 15/13/10/10/22...i should have done that on sunday, but i still think i am going to move on to week 2 on thursday

[PilotMan]

Finally got my week 1, day 2 workout in.

9/8/6/5/9

I pushed hard on that last set, and feel good about moving on to day three in a couple of days.

[Galaril]

I got 28 good ones on my initial test. I will likw others incorpoarte the pushups into my chest weight training workouts on the days I lift.

[sabotai]

Week 1, Day 2:

Pushups: 9/8/6/5/8
Crunches: 9/8/6/5/14
Squats: 9/8/6/5/11

After being very soar a few days after the first Day for crunches and squats, I dropped to level 2 for those two as well.

[hoopsguy]

W1 D2:
12/12/7(3)/4(6)/3(0)

Kind of pathetic, but I was actually pleased by my showing on sets 4/5 that I got off the ground on the first one. I'm clearly a wuss for not finishing with knee-pushups on the last set, which is supposed to be minimum 10.

Pretty much cinches that I'll be repeating W1 next week, hopefully with better results.

[Maple Leafs]

W1 D2:
12/12/10/10/25

And yes, I forgot about this for about four days after W1 D1. I'm going to be the only guy still posting updates in this thread in eight months.

[boberot]

Week 2, Day 2

16/13/11/11/x=at least 15

After failing this stage a few days ago, I managed to grind through it this morning, although my push ups went from nose-to-the-floor to just "acceptable."

I'm officially pessimistic about my chances of finishing this thing.

[PackerFanatic]

I just found this over at FOFL and was very intrigued, so I primed myself to start it. I was pretty weak with my initial test (as I am fat and out of shape now), starting in rank 2, but I am going to power through and start it off on Sunday. Here's hoping!

[FrogMan]

I'm sadly bowing out of this, due to a lack of time.

Right now, I'm giving two hours of karate classes on Tuesday and Thursday evening and I'm playing soccer on Wednesday night as well as taking a karate class myself on Saturday morning, Monday evening, and Tuesday evening (after my two hours of giving class). Starting next week, I'll be giving one more hour of class on Wednesday, and two more on Friday. Doesn't look like much, but even simply giving class, I've found that I'm moving around and sweating enough that it's almost a workout in itself and I just don't feel like pumping out pushups when I get home at about 9pm...

I guess I'll live with my 24 consecutive pushups as my best for now...

FM

[KWhit]

I had to stop for a few days because my shoulder is killing me. It started hurting during the last time I did a set of pushups (couple of days ago), and has been bothering me ever since. Hopefully, I didn't hurt it badly.