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100 push-up challenge!
By Eregion2 on 03/08/2008
I read about this recently on the THE forums and decided to try it out. It'd be insane to work up to 100 push-ups in only six weeks, but it'll be interesting to see how far I can get.
I'll be using this thread to document my progress. If anyone else is interested you can make a post here and edit it as you go as well.
I think if I'm doing it along with other people I'll be less liable to neglect it.
Initial count: 29 push-ups before starting the program.
First Week:
Monday: 10/10/8/6 + 15 extra.
Wednesday: 12/12/10/10 + 23 extra.
Friday: 15/13/10/10 + 40 extra.
Second Week:
Monday: 12/12/9/7 + 37.
Wednesday: 16/13/11/11 + 36.
Friday: 15/15/12/12 + 36.
Third Week:
Monday: 25/17/17/15 + 31.
I'll be using this thread to document my progress. If anyone else is interested you can make a post here and edit it as you go as well.
I think if I'm doing it along with other people I'll be less liable to neglect it.
Initial count: 29 push-ups before starting the program.
First Week:
Monday: 10/10/8/6 + 15 extra.
Wednesday: 12/12/10/10 + 23 extra.
Friday: 15/13/10/10 + 40 extra.
Second Week:
Monday: 12/12/9/7 + 37.
Wednesday: 16/13/11/11 + 36.
Friday: 15/15/12/12 + 36.
Third Week:
Monday: 25/17/17/15 + 31.
By Kiwi011 on 04/08/2008
Im in rank 4 for under 40, i can do 42 pushups w/ my head looking up and back straight(good form pushup)....
thinking about doing it, but most likely ill give up...as i usually do one i start working out.....
thinking about doing it, but most likely ill give up...as i usually do one i start working out.....
By For Sooth on 04/08/2008
For about 4 months now i've been doing over 200 push ups a day. 100 in the morning 100 in the afternoon.
It is good to alternate with crunches.
Use the pyramid
10 push up
10 push up 20 crunch 10 pushed
10 p 20 20 10
kinda like
10
10 20 10
10 20 20 10
10 20 10 20 10
10 20 20 10 20 20 10
110 pushups
140 crunches
works well
It is good to alternate with crunches.
Use the pyramid
10 push up
10 push up 20 crunch 10 pushed
10 p 20 20 10
kinda like
10
10 20 10
10 20 20 10
10 20 10 20 10
10 20 20 10 20 20 10
110 pushups
140 crunches
works well
By Havochaha on 04/08/2008
i got rank 4 too i might do this later
By Wolf Rider43 on 04/08/2008
I used to do 100 pushups and 100 situps everyday.
My whole body hurt after a few days L
My whole body hurt after a few days L
By Pazenon on 04/08/2008
I used to do like 50-60 a time 
I'll take this challenge as a motivation to get back to that 
I'll take this challenge as a motivation to get back to that By Bambaleo on 04/08/2008
home training < gym
you'll just hurt your wrists. And 100 push-ups isn't that much actually, i'm sure you'll make it.
you'll just hurt your wrists. And 100 push-ups isn't that much actually, i'm sure you'll make it.
By Snowzak on 04/08/2008
I suggest you do them with your fists, your wrists'll die otherwise.
By Tmal34 on 04/08/2008
I've gone to the gym every day for the past 3 weeks.
I prefer weight training over pushups even though I know they are good for you.
I prefer weight training over pushups even though I know they are good for you.
By Geoff_Bland on 04/08/2008
I don't have arms
By Pyro Blade26 on 04/08/2008
this programs pretty cool. been looking to do something lately
By Eregion2 on 04/08/2008
Gym + Weights = Money; I'd rather pay tuition.
By Mistah Vince on 04/08/2008
I'm kind of fat...so I can only do like 10. xD
By Eregion2 on 04/08/2008
I'm surprised I managed 29 tbh, I'm a bit scrawny.
By Pyro Blade26 on 04/08/2008
i did 30 initial test. thought i could do more lol clearly i underestimated push ups =P. did the day 1 thing today too. i might just do like 2 day schedules each day. 1 in the morning and 1 at night. hell got nothin better to do, and it might speed up results
By Colinwarrior on 05/08/2008
Are you kidding me? I can do 100 push-ups and I'm like the laziest son of a bitch in the world.
Then again, I am insanely skinny and pretty strong for how skinny I am. BUT STILL..COME ON PEOPLE...
Then again, I am insanely skinny and pretty strong for how skinny I am. BUT STILL..COME ON PEOPLE...
By Eregion2 on 05/08/2008
Well, I could just pretend I'm not a weakling and avoid the ridicule, or do this for six weeks.
By Pyro Blade26 on 05/08/2008
| QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ August 05, 2008 12:23 am) |
| Are you kidding me? I can do 100 push-ups and I'm like the laziest son of a bitch in the world. Then again, I am insanely skinny and pretty strong for how skinny I am. BUT STILL..COME ON PEOPLE... |
without stopping to rest at all? no Vid, no proof
By Kiwi011 on 05/08/2008
| QUOTE (Eregion2 @ August 04, 2008 04:38 pm) |
| I'm surprised I managed 29 tbh, I'm a bit scrawny. |
+1 im a skinny sob.....
6ft tall and like 130 lbs....im sad.
By Eregion2 on 05/08/2008
Day one down.
By Pazenon on 05/08/2008
Did 30 in the initial test
Week 1
Day 1: 10/10/8/6/20extra
Day 2: 12/12/10/10/15extra
Day 3: 15/13/10/10/15extra
Week2
Day 1: 12/12/9/7/30extra
Week 1
Day 2: 12/12/10/10/15extra
Day 3: 15/13/10/10/15extra
Week2
By dhboy123 on 05/08/2008
i started off on 72.
but i cant be fucked to do pressups every night for 1 week.
but i cant be fucked to do pressups every night for 1 week.
By Gusmighster on 05/08/2008
Okay I'll do it, and btw stfu Colin, no pic no proof;
Start Date: 05 August
Initial Test: I got 17 :@
Week One:
Day One: 10/10/8/6+13 extra - Complete
Day Two: 12/12/10/10+13 extra again - Complete
Day Three: 15/13/10/10+20 extra - Complete
Week Two:
Day One:
Day Two:
Day Three:
Start Date: 05 August
Initial Test: I got 17 :@
Week One:
Day One: 10/10/8/6+13 extra - Complete
Day Two: 12/12/10/10+13 extra again - Complete
Day Three: 15/13/10/10+20 extra - Complete
Week Two:
Day One:
Day Two:
Day Three:
By Reticked on 05/08/2008
I'll try it
By George on 05/08/2008
Start Date: August 5th 2008
Initial Test: 9 IDC I not fit, sue me!
Week 1:
Day 1- 7/7/5/4- Max : 8 - All completed.
Day 2- 9/8/6/5- Max : 10 - All completed.
Day 3- 10/8/8/5- Max: 11- All completed.
Week 2:
Day 1 - 9/8/6/4- 14 Extra- All completed
Day 2 -
Day 3 -
NB: I am also doing a sit-up programme thing similar to this one.
Initial Test: 9
IDC I not fit, sue me!Week 1:
Day 1- 7/7/5/4- Max : 8 - All completed.
Day 2- 9/8/6/5- Max : 10 - All completed.
Day 3- 10/8/8/5- Max: 11- All completed.
Week 2:
Day 1 - 9/8/6/4- 14 Extra- All completed
Day 2 -
Day 3 -
NB: I am also doing a sit-up programme thing similar to this one.
By Eregion2 on 06/08/2008
| QUOTE (Gorgemaster) |
| NB: I am also doing a sit-up programme thing similar to this one. |
I was thinking of doing the same thing. 
I might do sit-ups on the off days.
I might do sit-ups on the off days. By Firelion08 on 07/08/2008
I'm at 50 consecutive pushups now, but I was at 20-25 when I first started.
29 is pretty damn good for a starting point.
Keep at it, man.
I would say Good Luck, but you have too much control over the situation to rely on luck.
29 is pretty damn good for a starting point.
Keep at it, man.
I would say Good Luck, but you have too much control over the situation to rely on luck.
By Reticked on 07/08/2008
| QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ August 05, 2008 12:23 am) |
| Are you kidding me? I can do 100 push-ups and I'm like the laziest son of a bitch in the world. Then again, I am insanely skinny and pretty strong for how skinny I am. BUT STILL..COME ON PEOPLE... |
You're also the biggest bitch in the world.
I did 34 initially and then 15/15/15 2 minutes later. I recover fast because I'm an endurance runner tbh.
By Nirvanas Guy on 07/08/2008
i was actually about to start, but then i got a call from my friend saying he just got 5 kegs of beer for free.
....maybe i'll finish the push-ups later.
peace and love sporty guardians
xxx
....maybe i'll finish the push-ups later.
peace and love sporty guardians
xxx
By Eregion2 on 09/08/2008
Wow, I'll be damned this actually works. A week ago I could do 29 consecutive push-ups. Today I did 40 AFTER doing 15/13/10/10 over the previous 10 minutes. This is cool. 
By Colinwarrior on 09/08/2008
Haha, everyone hates me because I'm the only one that can do it.
By Eregion2 on 09/08/2008
| QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ August 09, 2008 12:26 am) |
| Haha, everyone hates me because I'm the only one that can do it. |
Like half a dozen people posted saying they could already do it. The only difference was they were polite about it.
Just ribbing it in. 
By Bambaleo on 10/08/2008
| QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ August 09, 2008 05:26 am) |
| Haha, everyone hates me because I'm the only one that can do it. |
my name is Tom Cruise if you can do 100 push ups rofl...you make me laugh colin. And IF YOU REALLY manage it to do 100 push ups - you're doing it all wrong then xD
By Colinwarrior on 10/08/2008
| QUOTE (Bambaleo @ August 10, 2008 01:50 am) | ||
my name is Tom Cruise if you can do 100 push ups rofl...you make me laugh colin. And IF YOU REALLY manage it to do 100 push ups - you're doing it all wrong then xD |
Hi Tom Cruise.
Nah, I don't really care if you guy don't believe me. Doesn't matter one way or another. Just saying that I can do it.
Btw, my dad was in the marines, and he taught me how to do push-ups. So I know I am doing them right.
By Bambaleo on 10/08/2008
| QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ August 10, 2008 02:00 am) | ||||
Hi Tom Cruise. Nah, I don't really care if you guy don't believe me. Doesn't matter one way or another. Just saying that I can do it. Btw, my dad was in the marines, and he taught me how to do push-ups. So I know I am doing them right. |
well..then you're the first tall, skinny, lazy person i know who can do 100 push ups. lol
By Kiwi011 on 10/08/2008
| QUOTE (Bambaleo @ August 10, 2008 02:27 am) | ||||||
well..then you're the first tall, skinny, lazy person i know who can do 100 push ups. lol |
same
By Firelion08 on 10/08/2008
| QUOTE (Kiwi011 @ August 10, 2008 03:56 am) | ||||||||
same |
Skinny people can do pushups easier than a fat person -- or a middle-weight person.
The contrast in demanded effort is significant.
Although... You kind of need a little mass to build bigger muscles...
By Reticked on 13/08/2008
well, after the first day I slacked cuz of visitors,
But back on track now:
17/17/17
19/19/19
21/21/21/21
23/23/23/23/23+45 (excessive?)
and tomorrow I'll do 4x25.
I'll keep track of running too
8/13: 4 mi. in 25 min.
8/14: (?) mi. in 31.24.60
8/15: (same as yesterday) mi. in 29.39.20
Oh and my max is just barely 45 (49) consecutive. WIN#
But back on track now:
17/17/17
19/19/19
21/21/21/21
23/23/23/23/23+45 (excessive?)
and tomorrow I'll do 4x25.
I'll keep track of running too
8/13: 4 mi. in 25 min.
8/14: (?) mi. in 31.24.60
8/15: (same as yesterday) mi. in 29.39.20
Oh and my max is just barely 45 (49) consecutive. WIN#
By Eregion2 on 15/08/2008
Had trouble with my asthma yesterday so this got postponed until today.
By Eregion2 on 17/08/2008
Second week completed.
By Eregion2 on 19/08/2008
Wow, week three is badass. 
By Gusmighster on 19/02/2010
anyone wanna start this again? 
By Bassism on 19/02/2010
Fucking EPIC bump.
Let's do it.
Let's do it.
By Gusmighster on 19/02/2010
You can't beat epic bumps
Initial test; 40.
Doubled my original test
Initial test; 40.
Doubled my original test
By WG_Keanu on 19/02/2010
Rank 4. I'm going for it
By Firelion08 on 19/02/2010
I completely forgot about this thread. lol
Retested and reached 50 consecutive again -- but while chewing on a candy.
I didn't break my record, but I still had to compensate for eating.
Retested and reached 50 consecutive again -- but while chewing on a candy.
I didn't break my record, but I still had to compensate for eating.
By George on 20/02/2010
Ahhhh I remember doing this a year ago.
Memories...
Yeah i'm in.
Memories...
Yeah i'm in.
By Kiwi011 on 20/02/2010
i couldnt get past 60 last time....I mine as well give it a shot this time.
By Tnuac on 08/04/2010
Re-Bumping the topic n stuff
Ffs, everyone's so damn good. I swear my arms just don't wanna get any stronger. Progress is so slow.
Just tried now and i pulled off about 22 diamond/tricep pushups, after doing a few planches and handstand pushups. I'll try fresh over the weekend, but i'm sure it won't be much more. It'll be under 30
Ffs, everyone's so damn good. I swear my arms just don't wanna get any stronger. Progress is so slow.
Just tried now and i pulled off about 22 diamond/tricep pushups, after doing a few planches and handstand pushups. I'll try fresh over the weekend, but i'm sure it won't be much more. It'll be under 30
By sgtswordfish on 09/04/2010
i've been doing this challenge as a small motivation for my weight loss...the thing about it is that it seems instead of getting stronger i'm getting weaker since it's rather hard to do just regular push ups.
15 is my limit. probably if i lose more weight the number will increase
15 is my limit. probably if i lose more weight the number will increase
By Sum-41xx on 09/04/2010
| QUOTE: sgtswordfish April 09, 2010 12:54 am |
|
i've been doing this challenge as a small motivation for my weight loss...the thing about it is that it seems instead of getting stronger i'm getting weaker since it's rather hard to do just regular push ups. 15 is my limit. probably if i lose more weight the number will increase |
It's definitely something that requires work you have to keep at to work your body and build endurance. Even myself I can only do around 30 - 40. I weight 215 now but even when I was weight lifting at my prime I was only doing around 40 even though I was able to curl 60 lb per arm (3 sets, 8 - 10 reps) and bench press 180 (3 sets, 6 - 8 reps full extension and to the chest).
Anyways, I'm up for trying this. It's midnight right now but I'll give it a go in the morning, I just don't want to get the blood flowing and then trying to sleep.
P.S. I'm gonna make a new thread for this just so we can start it up a fresh push up challenge and have people who want to join in. Sound good?
By Bassism on 31/12/2010
Fucking mega bump, again.
Also, 107. When my pushups are higher than my Runescape combat level I'll stop considering myself a geek.
Also, 107. When my pushups are higher than my Runescape combat level I'll stop considering myself a geek.
By Reticked on 14/01/2011
I might be able to do this now, I stopped sooo long ago cuz it was messing up my wrists
By Zooby69 on 14/01/2011
| QUOTE: Reticked @ January 14, 2011 02:55 am) |
| I might be able to do this now, I stopped sooo long ago cuz it was messing up my wrists |
ball your fists, this way your arms are straight, or grip onto two arm weights and use them as a base, your wrists will be straighter and not all of your body weight wont be all on your wrist joint but throughout your whole arm/shoulder.
By Mark on 14/01/2011
I did one week of this and i started from 27.
Did them drunk last night got up to 35. Pretty happy.
Did them drunk last night got up to 35. Pretty happy.
By Tnuac on 14/01/2011
Yeah what zooby said, i always do stuff on my fists now. If your reall concerned, where a slip-on tubular bandage or something, i always use wrist protection for breakdancing. Its still like walking into a fire after spraying yourself with water, because it'll knacker the wrists anyway, but meh
I tried this challenge and got to ~23 and just havent been able to get higher since. Its like i've reached a limit, really annoying
I tried this challenge and got to ~23 and just havent been able to get higher since. Its like i've reached a limit, really annoying
By ZurvivorMan on 14/01/2011
I can do 40 now maybe 45 if i really pouch my self.
By Bambaleo on 14/01/2011
| QUOTE: Reticked @ January 14, 2011 07:55 am) |
| I might be able to do this now, I stopped sooo long ago cuz it was messing up my wrists |
By Elyxiatic on 14/01/2011
| QUOTE: Bassism @ December 31, 2010 02:39 pm) |
| When my pushups are higher than my Runescape combat level I'll stop considering myself a geek. |
L
I'm so aiming for this.
What an inspirational PT owen is.
By Kung Man149 on 14/01/2011
12 years of martial arts?
I'm in.
I'm in.
By Reticked on 14/01/2011
Yeah I know about the fist thing but I dun like to do it haha
damn, 60 - thought I was stronger by now. In a week after lifting at college (on vacation now) I'll be right at 100 I bet
damn, 60 - thought I was stronger by now. In a week after lifting at college (on vacation now) I'll be right at 100 I bet
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