Hundred Push Ups March

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  • duffyzmom
    duffyzmom Posts: 644 Member
    Marla - thanks for putting a smile on my face today with your story. I miss having little ones at home. Although Duffy, my dog, can get involved with my excercise as well.
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Well that's me-- class clown. :laugh:

    Have a great day!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    Finally, Mama Push-Ups blew a gasket around push-up 12 and sent them both out of the room.

    Marla, you have been hilarious lately - okay, always! Great visual image.

    "Mama Push-Ups" it is!

    I started on this challenge a while back and got discouraged. I am now on week one day 3 AGAIN.

    Do you guys take a "rest" day every other day?

    Advice, pwease????
    :glasses:

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  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Yessum-- actually, I think they kinda advise it on the pushups website. I try it Monday, Wednesday, Friday if possible. Yesterday I did the exhaustion test so thought I might do it Tue/Thurs/Sat-- but today was a bust, I think I was too tired from yesterday's aptly named exhaustion test.

    A rest day is key for me.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    Yessum-- actually, I think they kinda advise it on the pushups website. I try it Monday, Wednesday, Friday if possible. Yesterday I did the exhaustion test so thought I might do it Tue/Thurs/Sat-- but today was a bust, I think I was too tired from yesterday's aptly named exhaustion test.

    A rest day is key for me.

    Thanks, Marla. I didn't see it on the website, but it makes sense and may help me continue this time.:smile:
  • mechanicmom
    mechanicmom Posts: 5,700 Member
    Hey Cm! Good to see you again!
    Hey everyone else! How are you all doing?
    Well, I get on a roll and something seems to happen. My right arm has been hurting pretty bad since yesterday. It hurts mostly in my bicep, but I think the problem is a pinched nerve in my back. So I will not be doing push ups today. I hope to be feeling good enough to do them tomorrow and Saturday instead.
    Have a blessed day and I'll be back tomorrow!
    MM
  • petunia
    petunia Posts: 336 Member
    Hi folks.. did my pushups last night.. girly style..

    I did W3 D1 L2..

    12
    17
    13
    13
    17 (min 17)

    I did these at 11:00 at night after watching the biggest loser.. I thought they would inspire me, but I think I was just darn tired.. I did ZUMBA earlier in the night and I think I was just spent... :ohwell:
  • duffyzmom
    duffyzmom Posts: 644 Member
    Week 2 - Day 2

    14
    16
    12
    12
    17 OUCH!

    Seemed really hard today and I'm already not looking forward to the Exhaustion Test at the end of this week. Anyone else dealing with wrist soreness from the push-ups? I'm wondering about bracing my week wrist to see if it helps but that seems like a lot of work for the 15-20 minutes it takes me to do the 5 sets.
  • Kimono
    Kimono Posts: 367
    Made it through week one day 2. I am kind of wimpy on the pushups. This is going to be amazing if I can every do 100. There is one other strength thing I have always wanted too be able to do. Pull Ups!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    Week 2 - Day 2

    14
    16
    12
    12
    17 OUCH!

    Seemed really hard today and I'm already not looking forward to the Exhaustion Test at the end of this week. Anyone else dealing with wrist soreness from the push-ups? I'm wondering about bracing my week wrist to see if it helps but that seems like a lot of work for the 15-20 minutes it takes me to do the 5 sets.

    I broke a wrist 6 years ago. The "knuckle" pushup solves that problem, and isn't any harder. It's on the website.
  • letiamae
    letiamae Posts: 23
    I love this idea! I'm in!

    I'm going to do girly push ups and I am starting week one level 3 :)
  • duffyzmom
    duffyzmom Posts: 644 Member

    I broke a wrist 6 years ago. The "knuckle" pushup solves that problem, and isn't any harder. It's on the website.

    Thanks cmriverside,I will give those a try.
  • Forpar
    Forpar Posts: 23
    Hi all, I'm still working on these. I haven't had much internet access lately and that will probably continue while my mom heals from her surgery. I'm going back there today till I don't know when, depends on how she is, how the weather is...
    I'm staying on week 5, level 2.

    Glad to see new people joining the challenge!
    Where is Forpar? are you still out there? DH and I got a golf membership for this coming summer. Haven't golfed in a couple of years. I'm hoping my pushups will help!


    "PRESENT!":drinker:

    keiko:
    In golf, even more important than pushups is exercise for the muscle between your ears :smile:

    Pushups will help because they strengthen many of the muscles used in the golf swing...just don't keep score. :sad:

    I haven't logged pushups in awhile, but I'm still at it - week 5, day 1. I got further than ever today -
    36
    40
    30
    24
    36 (min.40)

    Glad to see more folks out there knocking themselves out too - makes me feel less stupider.

    "They call it golf because all of the other four-letter words were taken. " ~Raymond Floyd
  • johnblake
    johnblake Posts: 661
    100 everyday every hour, or just 100 for the month?
    I like push ups how many you want
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    100 everyday every hour, or just 100 for the month?
    I like push ups how many you want

    showoff:grumble:

    forpar...my daughter intends to try for pro next year...Duramed/Futures tour. If she ever makes it, I'll let you all know.

    Marla
    the proud golf mommy
  • mechanicmom
    mechanicmom Posts: 5,700 Member
    :explode: My arm/back is still messed up. No push ups today.
    Forpar good to see you back!
    I'm glad to see so many new people here. February's thread had slowed a lot, and I need more motivation!
    Alright I'll be back at it when my pinched nerve, or whatever it is, goes away! Keep it up!
    MM
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Okay-- so I'm cranky today I guess-- the novelty of Caleb interfering with the pushups is long gone. I asked 9yo just to keep him at bay, and out of my way. (hey, I'm a poet) And, of course, she crashed and burned....over toddles Caleb interfering with set number two-- the grandpappy of sets, 25 today-- which was already giving me fits.

    I yelled to said 9yo to get the child, so her way of then controlling him was to sit inches away from me with him shrieking on her lap to get down....yeah, sure, I could concentrate. Perhaps I would be adept enough at these ol' pushups by now to muddle through-- alas, NO. NYET. NON-- NUH-UH-- NOT!

    So, I got all grumpy, whined about how I'd kill for 5 minutes of peace somewhere in this house-- blah, blah, blah-- (take one of your favorite whines and multiply it by about 3 or 4-- there-- you have my level of frustration)

    Adding injury to insult, my wrist hurts-- could be all the typing, but my right wrist started hurting this morning. :grumble:
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    Mama Push-ups,

    (keep in mind I am childless, just animals.....)

    Have you considered one of those steel crates - I mean - cute little playpen??
    hahanosmiley.gif
  • Lyn_Matthews
    Lyn_Matthews Posts: 902 Member
    I did my pushups yesterday. Week 4, day 2, lvl 1 girly
    14 16 12 12 18 (max 18)...that last set was rough. I can see already that I am going to need to repeat this week.

    Marla I thought of you while I was doing my push ups cuz my lil one was crawling all around me and I was afraid she was gonna go under or get close enough I would hit her with my elbow. Oh the joys of children!
  • johnblake
    johnblake Posts: 661
    100 everyday every hour, or just 100 for the month?
    I like push ups how many you want

    showoff:grumble:

    forpar...my daughter intends to try for pro next year...Duramed/Futures tour. If she ever makes it, I'll let you all know.

    Marla
    the proud golf mommy
    that is great. talk about hard work. I hope I can keep in good shape so when I retire from the Navy I can be full time PT and have fun doing shows
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    okay-- now you really have to stop talking in code here-- confused, blonde, senile mother over here--

    S'plain-- PT?
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    Mama Push-ups,

    (keep in mind I am childless, just animals.....)

    Have you considered one of those steel crates - I mean - cute little playpen??
    hahanosmiley.gif

    Good plan-- connie_38.gif
  • johnblake
    johnblake Posts: 661
    okay-- now you really have to stop talking in code here-- confused, blonde, senile mother over here--

    S'plain-- PT?
    Personal trainer
  • yeahbuddy
    yeahbuddy Posts: 409
    I'd like to join here. I just did my initial test and did 17 push ups on my knees. So I will be doing Monday, Wednesday Friday and taking weekends off (starting tomorrow) with week 1, column 3.
  • yeahbuddy
    yeahbuddy Posts: 409
    Is anyone here still doing the two hundred situps challenge?
  • mechanicmom
    mechanicmom Posts: 5,700 Member
    Welcome yeahbuddy! I was doing the sit ups challenge but I finished. Is there still a thread going?

    No push ups today again. This stinks. My whole upper back hurts now. I'm gonna get some stretching in to see if that will help. I hope it's better this weekend so I can test....not that I will be able to do that well since I've had to take the whole week off.
    MM
  • FitnessGeek
    FitnessGeek Posts: 487
    Day 3

    I started out trying my hand at plank push-ups again. I could do 5 this time (compared to 2 last time) Yay!

    *Girly Push-ups*
    +11
    +15
    +9
    +9
    +30
    ____
    74 !
  • yeahbuddy
    yeahbuddy Posts: 409
    Welcome yeahbuddy! I was doing the sit ups challenge but I finished. Is there still a thread going?

    No push ups today again. This stinks. My whole upper back hurts now. I'm gonna get some stretching in to see if that will help. I hope it's better this weekend so I can test....not that I will be able to do that well since I've had to take the whole week off.
    MM

    Thanks, MM. I saw that you had been doing the situps challenge but the thread ended in Feb. That's why I was wondering if anyone else was doing it because I didn't see a current thread. If there isn't one, I might just start one.
  • duffyzmom
    duffyzmom Posts: 644 Member
    Week 2 - Day 3 level 3
    16
    17
    14
    14
    17 (just couldn't reach that min 20)

    Exhaustion test sometime this weekend. Probably Sunday morning. Question? Do you all follow the guidelines for the breaks 60 - 90 - 120? I've been doing my push-ups on my strength training days and wondered if I could do them as part of my circuit training. That would make the breaks well above the 60 - 90 - 120. Right now I've been doing them before I start my weights.
  • Lyn_Matthews
    Lyn_Matthews Posts: 902 Member
    Wahoo I remember to do them everyday this week!!!!

    Week 4 day 3 lvl 1 girly
    16 18 13 13 25 (max 20)

    I'm proud of the work I put in this week. Since I successfully did all the sets I'm going to do my exhaustion test Sunday.
    QUESTION: So if I don't do more than 30 push ups in my exhaustion test does that mean I repeat Week 4 on whatever level I land in??? It appears that way I just wanted to make sure.

    Keep up the good work everyone.
    MM-i'm sorry you are in pain. I hope it's nothing serious. Have it looked at if needed!
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