December Pushup and Sit-Up Challenge

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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    Machafin wrote: »
    October Pushups: 5,180 (5,000 Goal)

    November Pushups: 7,895 (7,500 Goal)

    November Sit-Ups: 3,020 (3,000 Goal)


    December 6th

    Pushups: 355
    Total: 1930
    Goal: 10,000

    Sit-Ups: 175
    Total: 855
    Goal: 5,000

    Broke my finger yesterday :neutral: Tried to do some pushups this morning and it was quite painful. I will see where I go from here, will keep updating the thread with sit-ups for now and do as many pushups as I can without injuring myself further until I feel more comfortable again.

    Oh no! Yes, you definitely need fingers for pushups! It could take awhile for that finger to heal. Best of luck with that.
  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    10 push-ups, 102 crunches and ab reps
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    I'm joining late but better then never!

    Yesterday : 150 pushups
    1,500 crunches

    Today : 150 pushups
    1,500 crunches

    Total so far : 300 pushups
    3,000 crunches
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    Dec 01 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 02 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 03 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 04 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 05 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 06 - Missed!
    Dec 07 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 08 - 25 push-ups, the last 5 were a real challenge! (still from my knees, maybe getting down a bit lower)
    Dec 09 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 10 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 11 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 12 - 25 push-ups - I really am not getting better at this.
    Dec 13 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 14 - 25 push-ups. I sure can't get very close to the ground!
    Dec 15 - Totally meant to do them after Zumba class yesterday (15th) but never got around to it.
    Dec 16 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 17 - 25 push-ups.
    Dec 18 -
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  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    17th : pushups 150
    Crunches 1,500

    Total : push ups 450
    Crunches 4,500
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    18th : pushups 150
    Crunches 1,500

    Total : pushups 600
    Crunches 6,000
  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    10 pushups
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    Dec 01 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 02 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 03 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 04 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 05 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 06 - Missed!
    Dec 07 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 08 - 25 push-ups, the last 5 were a real challenge! (still from my knees, maybe getting down a bit lower)
    Dec 09 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 10 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 11 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 12 - 25 push-ups - I really am not getting better at this.
    Dec 13 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 14 - 25 push-ups. I sure can't get very close to the ground!
    Dec 15 - Totally meant to do them after Zumba class yesterday (15th) but never got around to it.
    Dec 16 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 17 - 25 push-ups.
    Dec 18 -
    Dec 19 - Pretty sure that I missed yesterday, so I did 50 push-ups today
    Dec 20 -
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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    djspacecaptain wrote: »
    18th : pushups 150
    Crunches 1,500

    Total : pushups 600
    Crunches 6,000

    That is a lot of crunches! How long does that take?
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    19th : pushups 150
    Crunches 1,500

    Total : pushups 750
    Crunches 7,500
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    1,500 crunches takes about 25 to 30 minutes. I do them 500 at a time 3 times in between my workout
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    Dec 01 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 02 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 03 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 04 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 05 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 06 - Missed!
    Dec 07 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 08 - 25 push-ups, the last 5 were a real challenge! (still from my knees, maybe getting down a bit lower)
    Dec 09 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 10 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 11 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 12 - 25 push-ups - I really am not getting better at this.
    Dec 13 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 14 - 25 push-ups. I sure can't get very close to the ground!
    Dec 15 - Totally meant to do them after Zumba class yesterday (15th) but never got around to it.
    Dec 16 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 17 - 25 push-ups.
    Dec 18 -
    Dec 19 - Pretty sure that I missed yesterday, so I did 50 push-ups today
    Dec 20 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 21 -
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  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 8,960 Member
    Very glad to see every poster in this thread working to improve themselves. Doesn't matter if you are doing 10 or 10,000 per day, if you keep doing what you can you are moving one step closer to the person you want to be. As Benjamin Franklin once said,

    "If you do today what others won't, you'll do tomorrow what others can't."

    Even small amounts add up over time. Dawn is lamenting "I really am not getting better at this" yet she really is, whether she realizes it or not. Is she doing 100 at a time? Of course not, yet she has already logged 450 this month alone, which is probably more than she's done in a long time combined! Just like a diet will have many internal impacts before anything is seen externally, so too are each of you improving in ways you may not be able to see but are every bit as real.

    Thank you to machavin for citing me as an inspiration, but I will raise a glass to each of you as also being inspiring in turn. (Hmm...glass of water for a fitness forum? Glass of eggnog for the holiday season? lol So many choices!)
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    Dec 01 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 02 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 03 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 04 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 05 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 06 - Missed!
    Dec 07 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 08 - 25 push-ups, the last 5 were a real challenge! (still from my knees, maybe getting down a bit lower)
    Dec 09 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 10 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 11 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 12 - 25 push-ups - I really am not getting better at this.
    Dec 13 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 14 - 25 push-ups. I sure can't get very close to the ground!
    Dec 15 - Totally meant to do them after Zumba class yesterday (15th) but never got around to it.
    Dec 16 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 17 - 25 push-ups.
    Dec 18 -
    Dec 19 - Pretty sure that I missed yesterday, so I did 50 push-ups today
    Dec 20 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 21 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 22 -
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  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Very glad to see every poster in this thread working to improve themselves. Doesn't matter if you are doing 10 or 10,000 per day, if you keep doing what you can you are moving one step closer to the person you want to be. As Benjamin Franklin once said,

    "If you do today what others won't, you'll do tomorrow what others can't."

    Even small amounts add up over time. Dawn is lamenting "I really am not getting better at this" yet she really is, whether she realizes it or not. Is she doing 100 at a time? Of course not, yet she has already logged 450 this month alone, which is probably more than she's done in a long time combined! Just like a diet will have many internal impacts before anything is seen externally, so too are each of you improving in ways you may not be able to see but are every bit as real.

    Thank you to machavin for citing me as an inspiration, but I will raise a glass to each of you as also being inspiring in turn. (Hmm...glass of water for a fitness forum? Glass of eggnog for the holiday season? lol So many choices!)

    Thanks for that nossmf : - )
    I have always been fairly strong in the lower body (skating etc.) but I really do suck at push-ups : - )
    It is good to have this challenge to get them in every day. I definitely feel lots of spots getting stronger from doing them, but I do them from my knees and don't get even close to the ground. If it weren't for this challenge I would never do them.
    Fitness forum or otherwise, I will soon be making a big pot of mulled wine for over the holidays, so cheers!
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    Yesterday : 0

    21st : push ups 200
    Crunches 1,500

    Total : pushups : 950
    Crunches: 9,000
  • djspacecaptain
    djspacecaptain Posts: 366 Member
    22nd : pushups 200
    Crunches 1,500

    Total : pushups 1,150
    Crunches 10,500
  • dawnbgethealthy
    dawnbgethealthy Posts: 7,551 Member
    Dec 01 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 02 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 03 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 04 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 05 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 06 - Missed!
    Dec 07 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 08 - 25 push-ups, the last 5 were a real challenge! (still from my knees, maybe getting down a bit lower)
    Dec 09 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 10 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 11 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 12 - 25 push-ups - I really am not getting better at this.
    Dec 13 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 14 - 25 push-ups. I sure can't get very close to the ground!
    Dec 15 - Totally meant to do them after Zumba class yesterday (15th) but never got around to it.
    Dec 16 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 17 - 25 push-ups.
    Dec 18 -
    Dec 19 - Pretty sure that I missed yesterday, so I did 50 push-ups today
    Dec 20 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 21 - 25 push-ups
    Dec 22 - Not sure if I got them in yesterday after Zumba class or not, I really have to post immediately to be sure.
    Dec 23 - 25 push-ups
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  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    10 pushups, 100 crunches/ab work
  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    On the 21st== 10 pushups, 200 ab work/crunches

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