Go Team October - Hundred Push-up Challenge

Fit4Vet

Woot! Great workout for me this morning & I am feeling fine! (well, aside from a nasty cold, but it's leaving now, I have faith!)

Anyway, I did my W3D3 today - 16+21+15+15+21 = 88 push ups! on the toes.

That last one was definitely a doozie but I'll be moving on to week 4 this week. Plan is to do an exhaustion test Monday & then do my 3 days on T-T-S ...we'll see how well that goes, but that's my plan.

Glad to see you girls are still here & pushing through (pun intended)!

tjradd73

Meag-I haven't left and I will be redoing week 3 again too!!! I also just do not feel comfy moving on til I get better at that week!

Gonks-It is just very cool that you can do both...I won't even move on to regular push-ups until i can do 100 knee push-ups first!!

Fit4Vet-that is awesome!! I think you are the first in the group to move onto Week 4!!! wtg!

meagalayne

I think starting tomorrow I am going to do W3 once more, on my knees really slow and deliberately to make sure my form is spot on. I am hoping to see some really decent max set numbers.

At the end of the week/beginning of next week I'll do another exhaustion test and see if I feel good about moving up to W4. I am doing more weight training these days, however, and I can feel the muscle fatigue affecting my push-ups. Hopefully if I do my push-ups first I can avoid some of that... We'll see how things go this week and take it from there!

Great job on your sets, Vet! Really impressive results!

Same to you Gonks :happy:

You ladies are always such an impressive bunch! You keep me pushing, that's for sure!

stuartme123

I definitely fell off for the end of this week. It's Sunday night and I decided to do W3D3, even though it was on Wednesday that I did W3D2. Something feels off about my form, I'm not sure what, but it just doesn't feel right for some reason.

Great job on your sets ladies!! :flowerforyou:

tj - I feel you about the toe pushups!! Part of me is curious to see how many I can do (haven't tried them in a month or so because the results were always so discouraging) But the other part of me wants to prove that I have gotten stronger. So far, the ignorance is bliss side is winning.

So my W3(c)D3 results: 11+13+9+9+15 = 57 knee pushups!!!

I'm happy with my progress this week. I've seen a definite improvement in my max sets (pushed out more than the minimum on each max set this week - when I usually barely make it to the min.) So I think I'm going to try to start W4 on Tuesday. Though having taken a peek at it already, I am perfectly open to the possibility that I may not be ready for it quite yet. Never know til I try though!

meggonkgonk

I've decided to play around a little, and gone ahead to w4 with my knee pushups for today. Wed I will go back to w3 and do toe pushups. I like this because I get kind of impatient doing pushups, which is only enhanced by the exertion that they take. So by doing the knees like a week ahead, I kind of get a feel for my tempo, which makes me feel really good.

Great job ladies!! Meredith, I wish I had some good advice for you about form but sadly I'm kind of just barely holding onto that thread myself :-) Good luck!

20+25+20+20+28=113

meagalayne

OK... W3D1 once again, but this time on my knees. Slow and deliberate, really focusing on form and pushing all the way and all the way up. Man was it hard! My arms really felt it. Seemed like it was harder on my arms than usual, but not so bad on my core. Kept my core strong the entire time. I guess it pays to switch things up...

10+12+7+7+15 = 51 total knee push-ups

Great job everyone! Glad to see your progress and good luck to those moving up to W4! You are all going to rock it! :bigsmile:
Meag

tjradd73

repeat od WK3D3: 11-13-9-9-15=57 knee push-ups!

Stuart-seems that you and I are pretty level to each other as far as this challenge goes...tell ya what, if you try week 4 for the 3 days starting Wed I will too!!! worst that could happen...we go back to wk 3 after we've done 4 right?! so whatcha think??

Gonks-i give you lots of credit for moving forward to week 4, great job...i think I may be joining you on Wed just to see what happens!!

Meag-i think that is a fantastic idea switching...i really do feel knee pushups focus on your arms more and regular pushups focus on your core more!! great work as usual!

stuartme123

Tj - it's a deal! :bigsmile: I went ahead and started W4 tonight. I'm pretty relieved that my roommate wasn't home because I was grunting pretty loud by the end of the sets :laugh: I could NOT get through the entirety of the max set. The program called for at least 16, and I pushed out 14. The rest of W4 looks kinda scary, especially since it's working up to those max sets that's the major challenge for me. But I'm definitely game for trying!!!

SO here it is - W4D1: 12+14+11+10+14(max was 16) = 61 knee pushups!! :drinker:

Still unsure about my form, so tonight I really concentrated on holding my core up (my feeling has been that I feel like I'm sagging sometimes). I was thinking that I really wish that I could see what my back looks like when I'm doing my pushups - and then I thought, well, I could film it and look! Maybe that'll give me some piece of mind about my form.

meagalayne

W3D2 once again - did it on my knees and I am SHOCKED at how much it works my arms. Much easier on the core, though. But yea - my arms are burning! Maxed out 20 push-ups on my knees at the end and felt awesome about it!

10+12+8+8+20 = 58 knee push-ups

Hope everyone's kicking *kitten*! Keep up all the hard work, ladies (and Halo, if you're still lurking )

tjradd73

Stuart-glad you decided to do week 4 with me i will be doing mine in un momento and then i will post!! its funny that you said you should tape it!! i do mine in front of the pation door so i can see my reflection and make sure my form is good!! LOL

Meag-WTG girly!!

tjradd73

okeedokee!!! that was tough!!! LOL
WK4D1: 12-14-11-10-17=64 knee push-ups

holy crapness...stuart that was SOOOOO hard!!

tjradd73

OMG!! so hard!!!

WK4D2

14-16-12-12-19=73 knee push-ups!

meagalayne

Hey everyone! I'm back on track with this challenge TOMORROW! With all my birthday festivities, I fell totally off track but I am going to be starting up W4D1 on my knees tomorrow morning - Who's with me? :bigsmile:

meggonkgonk

Hey All-

I'm back (from a bit of an extended sick leave) I redid my last big knee set (from W4):

20+25+20+20+30= 115 on my knees! Tuesday I'm back to W3- to go back to toes. I'm kind of alternating between higher #'s of knee pushups and lower # of toe pushups, and though it's slower going, it feels pretty good, so I'm going to stick with it.

Good luck everyone!

tjradd73

welcome back ladies!!! i am still here!! WK4D3 tomorrow than the exhaustion test Wed!!

wardiemelissa

bumping for now...going to the website to see what this MADNESS is all about!!!

meagalayne

Im BACK!

W4D1 of knee push-ups today. Like Gonks, I am alternative and trying the higher reps on my knees, with some lower reps on my toes next week.

Today's push-ups: 12+14+11+10+16=63 total knee push-ups

Good luck to everyone and HAPPY MONDAY! :drinker:

wardiemelissa

OK...so here goes...

I did WK1D1 today: 6+6+6+6+8=32 total toe push-ups (WOW!!! that was HARD!!)

tjradd73

fantastic job!!!!

OK...so here goes...

I did WK1D1 today: 6+6+6+6+8=32 total toe push-ups (WOW!!! that was HARD!!)

i ran out of time today so i HAVE to do it tomorrow!!

meagalayne

Great job Melissa!! It gets SO much easier! And you'll see your triceps, biceps and shoulders POP in no time on your frame! It's amazing :bigsmile:

tjradd73

WK4D3 (super hard!)

16-18-13-13-20=80 knee push-ups!!!

YIKES!

wardiemelissa

It is so motivating to see how man push-ups you maniacs are all doing!!!! I am SUPER sore from yesterday but am ready to see what I do tomorrow!!

wardiemelissa

WK1D2 is in the bag...

8-8-10-8-10=44 push-ups (all knee) I could feel my arms starting to shake by the end!!!

tjradd73

great job!! and i love the new pic!

WK1D2 is in the bag...

8-8-10-8-10=44 push-ups (all knee) I could feel my arms starting to shake by the end!!!

meagalayne

Catching up from yesterday - Missed my push-ups due to some unforeseen issues.

W4D2 - Knee push-ups, and they were near impossible today. By the fourth set I was dying!

14-16-12-12-18 = 72 total

I really feel like I exhausted myself entirely this time around. Not sure how I can do any more! :sad: W4D3 is going to suck hard...

Meag

tjradd73

Meag-week 4 is a killer for sure!! i am going to start it for my second time tomorrow! and it is going to be soooo hard!! i did my exhaustion test today and I got 22 which means I need to move from comlumn 1 to column 2!!!

so starting tomorrow row2 week4 day1!!!!!

wardiemelissa

great job!! and i love the new pic!

WK1D2 is in the bag...

8-8-10-8-10=44 push-ups (all knee) I could feel my arms starting to shake by the end!!!

THANKS!!

tjradd73

ok i was suppossed to do column 2 of WK4D1 today but after looking at the numbers...i KNEW there was no way!!! so I did repeat WK4D1 but I redid column 1 again!

12-14-11-10-17=64 knees

wardiemelissa

Wk1D3...8-10-7-7-10=42 knee push ups...looking forward to sore arms tomorrow so I know good effort was put forth!:smooched:

meagalayne

So, so far behind on this challenge. I've gotten myself all caught up with lifting that my push-ups have fallen to the way-side. I'm going BACK to W3 on my toes again this week. Either tonight or tomorrow I'll do W3D1, although my body is aching from today's lifting session...

Keep it up, everyone! :flowerforyou: