100 pushup challenge
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I'm in!! Before I had the baby I could do quite a few push up but again I'm down to basically none! Let's see where this leads!!
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On week 3 - did 80 pushups! Can feel the difference in my triceps, definitely. Still doing my "alternative" ones on my knees, but I do now feel that they are worth doing.0
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totaloblivia wrote: »On week 3 - did 80 pushups! Can feel the difference in my triceps, definitely. Still doing my "alternative" ones on my knees, but I do now feel that they are worth doing.
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W3D1 complete. 80 frickin' non-consecutive push ups. The last one was barely a push up, and I was on the floor in a fetal position after that. Mommy.0
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W3D1 complete. 80 frickin' non-consecutive push ups. The last one was barely a push up, and I was on the floor in a fetal position after that. Mommy.
You guys are blowing me out of the water.
I just did W3D2 and only did 55 non-consecutive. I was only able to do 17 consecutive and that was on my knees!
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It's not how many you do, but how hard you push for the incremental gain. I both love and hate how much these kill me. Mostly hate. 0
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Just finished the test before week 3 starts. I was able to do 25, on the initial test I could only do 12. It's working! 0
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Awesome! S3e3, 100 pushups! Though it was very hard! No way could I do it with real pushups!0
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I did the test between weeks 2 and 3 (from the app), and barely got 27. I'm up to something like 57 non-consecutive.
The disadvantage of being zero carb -- I have no glycogen for pumping out "the last few" in the "X+" parts, so I end up short pretty much every time. I'm still progressing, though (albeit slowly), so that's what matters. My initial test was 20, so it is more, but not as much more as I'd hoped.
I've always had trouble building my shoulder area, though. Even doing martial arts of one form or another for three years, I still can't do things like hold my arms over my head for more than about 30 seconds. =/0 -
totaloblivia wrote: »100 pushups! Though it was very hard! No way could I do it with real pushups!
Excellent! One of the many beauties of this sort of exercise is that you can increase difficulty after you master repetitions. Switch to "real" push ups for the next round. Put a stack of books under your toes, put some weight on your back, do 'em one-handed, add a clap, etc.
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@totaloblivia, I finally caught up to you today with my 100 non-consecutive. I find myself cheating all the time in that last set now. Instead of 25 in a row, I'd do 10, rest, 5, rest, 2, rest.... That's legal, right? 0
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Week 4 day 1 is ... harsh.
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I have yet to do W1D3 but I will catch up this weekend since I won't have access to my other exercise equipment.0
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I logged W3D3 as a fail. Did 20,30,20 but didn't even try the last couple sets. It didn't help that the new dog was licking my face.0
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<---- The big one like to try to sit on my back and the little one likes to lay under my arms, so my chest is hitting her on the down. Because mum on the floor MUST = play time, right?0
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<---- The big one like to try to sit on my back and the little one likes to lay under my arms, so my chest is hitting her on the down. Because mum on the floor MUST = play time, right?
My kitten (who really isn't much of a kitten anymore) does the same thing, laying under my belly and trying to climb my arms and play with my hair, she's adorable but seriously obnoxious when I'm trying to focus0 -
My little one (50 kg, but still my puppy) has learned, When I'm doing pilates mat, that if she lies on her back real close to me, she can get 100 belly rubs during the "100 warm up".0
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@totaloblivia, I finally caught up to you today with my 100 non-consecutive. I find myself cheating all the time in that last set now. Instead of 25 in a row, I'd do 10, rest, 5, rest, 2, rest.... That's legal, right?
Definitely legal: now the app has taken my reps to >120 I do have to stop and rest to get through eg 30 reps in one go. If the goal is 100 pushups, why do I need to do >100?!?!?! And where will I be by week 6?!?! Do I have the time? I thought it would move to decreasing the rest-time rather than increasing the reps.
Thanks for your suggestion re making pushups harder. I'm leaving it for now, but might do that for the next round as I try to transition to proper pushups.
But I did get the sit up app as well, but destroyed by glow of virtue by purposely cheating and starting off by saying I could only do <10 sit ups so it doesn't push me too hard too soon.
LOL re your dog licking your face - definitely couldn't do pushups that way!0 -
I kicked the dog out of the house and tried W3D3 again. And I was defeated again. Got closer, this time. 6 more reps and I'm there! I'll rest a couple days and try again.0
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I made it through W4D3, but my test is no where near the minimum reps to start W5D1, so I am re-doing W4 but using the next column to try to build up to Week 5.0
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Don't tell me, tell my triceps! I felt like a weight lifter after those 114 pushups. All swole and macho. 0
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I missed so many days I'm just going to start over. Once my messed up neck feels better.0
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Well, it took me a lot longer than 3 weeks, but I finally made it past week 3. Yay, pain. 0
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Anyone else still doing this? I am on week 5 and have clocked up 180 "easy" pushups (why the heck does the app say 100 pushups, I'd have been happy to stick to 100!!!) but it is now really hard and I have to rest within the sets as well as between them. My muscles have definitely grown, although when at rest, you still can't see them for the covering of fat. I am hoping if I ever lose more weight (not having a great few weeks) I can reveal lovely toned arms - one day....
Have started on the 200 situp app as well, but have gamed that a bit by starting purposefully low. I am on week 2, and am now starting to find it hard. Is it cheating to hook your feet under something when doing sit ups? It does make it easier though, so am guessing yes.0 -
I'm still in. Although a touch modified
I did W4 but then the "test" at the end didn't put me anywhere near W5 numbers (in column one) so I did the 2nd column in W4.
I just did W5 D1(1st column)0 -
totaloblivia wrote: »(why the heck does the app say 100 pushups, I'd have been happy to stick to 100!!!)
It tries to train you to do 100 consecutive -- no rest breaks! I'll restart week 4 this week.
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totaloblivia wrote: »@totaloblivia, I finally caught up to you today with my 100 non-consecutive. I find myself cheating all the time in that last set now. Instead of 25 in a row, I'd do 10, rest, 5, rest, 2, rest.... That's legal, right?
Definitely legal: now the app has taken my reps to >120 I do have to stop and rest to get through eg 30 reps in one go. If the goal is 100 pushups, why do I need to do >100?!?!?! And where will I be by week 6?!?! Do I have the time? I thought it would move to decreasing the rest-time rather than increasing the reps.
Thanks for your suggestion re making pushups harder. I'm leaving it for now, but might do that for the next round as I try to transition to proper pushups.
But I did get the sit up app as well, but destroyed by glow of virtue by purposely cheating and starting off by saying I could only do <10 sit ups so it doesn't push me too hard too soon.
LOL re your dog licking your face - definitely couldn't do pushups that way!
The goal is 100 consecutive pushups. To do that, you need strength and endurance. It's similar to how weight lifting works -- if my 1 rep bench press max is 150lbs, that means I can do one rep at that amount, then need to rest (in this case, for a couple of days), but I can do 5 reps at 120lbs, which means I've lifted a total of 600lbs per session (5x120) before needing to rest for a couple of days, and after a few weeks, my 1 rep max has increased to, say, 160lbs.
The same goes with push-ups. When you started, you may have only been able to do 30 consecutive push-ups. So, you started by doing sets of 10 or 15 or so. By doing 4 sets of 10, for example, you did 40 push-ups, total. As the weeks go by, you have built both strength and endurance, and can now do 50 consecutive push-ups, and your sets are now what your consecutive max used to be.
I just did Week 3, Day 3 for the second time. Got 2 shy on the last set-amount set, and half on the X+ set. The latter is typical and I chalk up to the lack of muscle glycogen (when you eat as close to no carbs as is feasibly possible, that tends to happen). The former is somewhat new, but I really broke it last time, so this time's an improvement. I'm improving, albeit slowly. I'm starting to hit the wall I normally hit with push-ups and other bodyweight stuff -- I get bored as hell with this high-rep work. I'm half-tempted to restart and try full push-ups, just so I don't feel like I'm spending forever doing this stuff (there's a reason I choose powerlifting over anything else when given the choice...).0 -
totaloblivia wrote: »Anyone else still doing this? I am on week 5 and have clocked up 180 "easy" pushups (why the heck does the app say 100 pushups, I'd have been happy to stick to 100!!!) but it is now really hard and I have to rest within the sets as well as between them. My muscles have definitely grown, although when at rest, you still can't see them for the covering of fat. I am hoping if I ever lose more weight (not having a great few weeks) I can reveal lovely toned arms - one day....
Have started on the 200 situp app as well, but have gamed that a bit by starting purposefully low. I am on week 2, and am now starting to find it hard. Is it cheating to hook your feet under something when doing sit ups? It does make it easier though, so am guessing yes.
As long as you don't brace against the something to pull up, you're probably okay. It should just be a gentle pressure to keep you from moving your feet.0 -
Anybody still attempting this? I finally completed W4D1 (120 push ups) after too many retries to count. It hurts so good. 0
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