For the unfit, the semi-fit, the fit - 100 Push Up Challenge

[Parra]

This is a challenge for everyone - you start at your own level and progress at your own level.


It's a good motivator for the poor exercisers like me. A good challenge for the fat and unfit like me and a good test for the fit people among us.

It will take a degree of self assessment and honesty.

Starts next Monday - 8th February. Having said that, you can start when you want. Start early, join late - it still works.

Post your intentions, and your progress in this thread. Use the link below to find out what it is all about.

http://www.hundredpushups.com

 

[adamkungl]

i'm gonna go try it now....

 

[Nikki]

OMG! Lord knows when the last time I did a push up was.. Im gunna try this tho. Might help strengthen my dodgy shoulder (or might f**k it up completely!!) :lol:

 

[aqua_duck]

I just tried it after oztag, pumped out 67 push ups before collapsing in a heap

 

[Hallatia]

can I do sit ups instead? Push-ups always feel like punishment for doing something wrong in training...

 

[watatank]

http://www.twohundredsitups.com/complete.html

 

[adamkungl]

lol....i only managed 30 before my arms screamed in pain. I don't think I'll try the program, would interfere way too much with my normal gym routine

 

[Hallatia]

I can already do 200 situps in a row, so I guess doing situps instead isn't enough of a challenge. I can do plenty of "girl pushups" no problem. I tried the pushup challenge this morning with actual pushups, got through about 25...

 

[Shorty]

^Sit ups with your feet hooked onto something?
I've done this before, I can do about 40 or so on my toes...I might try it again tomorrow sometime.

 

[Engine]

I'll be doing the sit up challenge. I'll do an initial assessment this week and will stat on it at the same time Parra starts his push up challenge.

Thanks for the great resources Parra!!!

 

[Copa]

Last year i was doing 100 push-ups with a backpack on and my feet elevated on the lounge.. seems a world away now ... I've started running too much and let my other strengths go.. ...

must get back into weights and push-ups...

 

[JoeD]

I started the challenge and it is challenging from the first session. It sets your program on how many pushups you can do before you start the challenge. I managed to get out 13 and the program it gave me for the first day was a set of 10, 12, 7, 7 and 9 with 60 seconds rest between each set. I'm not sure how it expected me to 45 pushups in the space of 7-8 minutes when i could only do 13 the day before. I was done half way through the 4th set. That was Fri night and my chest is still killing me.

 

[Engine]

My pre-test resulted in 28 sit-ups. I'll start the program after each weights session starting tomorrow.

 

[Chook Norris]

Mmm, i can usually do around 55-60 push-ups before i give up.. funny thing is that takes 2.5 minutes max, and i doubt i'm doing them wrong as i just about go the whole way down; arms begin to get really heavy around the 42-43 mark

i remember a school friend doing 100 push-ups in front of a whole group of us, looked like the most painful thing ever (esp the last 20)

 

[Chook Norris]

having said that, i'd love to achieve a century

edit: 50 push-ups in 46 seconds just then

i'll leave that as my base and attempt to prove on that

Not sure whether i'll follow the program though

 

[JoeD]

I down graded my initial test to 10 instead of 12 and it resulted in a way more mangaeable program. I wonder if my chest and arms are going to ache for the whole 6 weeks?

 

[Parra]

Initial test 19, so it's week 1, column 3 for me

 

[Thomas]

I'll give this a bash today.

When I was a younger lad (much fitter and with lots more hair on my head) I could smash out between 55-60 push ups in a minute. At my club it was one of the ways we measured fitness (among other strenuous tests). I thought I was pretty good but then this South African guy got down and busted out 200 pushups in one go. Just like that.

 

[Red Bear]

Pre season soccer has started so we are regularly doing lots of 20 push ups/30 crunch's(of various methods). I couldnt do much more than 20 i dont think, Brok my left wrist not so long ago and it isnt brilliant with pressure on it just yet, plus my right shoulder is sh*t.

 

[Thomas]

My initial test was 20. I could have gone to about 25 but 29 was the next cut off.

Decided to jump straight into week one and did okay. I struggled with the last set though.