Hundred Push Ups April

mechanicmom

Hey all!
Trying to get back into the swing of things. Week 3 Level 1 day 2
10
12
8
8
12
MM

LifeChanges42

week 1, column 1, Day 3

4
5
4
4
9.... I DID 9 IN A ROW!!!!! WoooHooo..... and then my 12 year old said "I do 20, on my toes"

Anyway, I thought 3 was going to kill me 5 days ago. LOL

I think I could really like this thread... I already like it way more than the sit-up thread.... I like seeing everyone show progress and that they are working the program. It seems like everyone does that here.... It is awesome!

keiko

writer4him, I would keep the rest days. Our muscles need to rest/rebuild after we work them. These early weeks might seem easy but just wait! It gets harder. I think you'll really appreciate the rest days then.

Wanda, I'm so glad that your enjoying the pushups! They are hard but just think of how good your arms will look!

Today I did week 5, day 2, level 2
sets 1&2 18
3&4 20
5&6 14
7 16
8 at least 40 and that's what I did. All together that's 160 pushups! That's amazing!
I love the feeling of my arms toning!

Happy workouts:flowerforyou:

Marla64

week four, level 1, day 2

14
16
12
12
18

:yawn:

writer4him

bump....going to do my pushups later today but couldn't find the thread! Posting again later when I do them! happy Friday!

writer4him

Ok...I decided to do them earlier instead of later!

Week 1, column 2, day 3:

8
10
7
7
12 (min. 10)

Yeah! I get to try week two next week! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

queen3510

Just got finished reading the introduction page to the 100 pushups and this sounds like a challenge I would like to participate in. I will be taking my test tonight to see where I need to start and will be back to log in my results.

I will definitely need all the encouragement I can get being that my upper body strength is really weak.

FitnessGeek

Welcome to the challenge, queen. :flowerforyou:

Week 5 Day 1
*girly-style*
+36
+30 (40)
+30
+24
+33 (40)
_____
153

I have to say that I've been a little scared to start week 5, and it's still too tough for me. I may try going back to week 4.

fitgal411

Hey I want to join! Is it okay if I join now or do I have to wait until a new thread comes out next month?

Thanks!

keiko

Hey I want to join! Is it okay if I join now or do I have to wait until a new thread comes out next month?

Thanks!

JOIN NOW, JOIN NOW!
We start are new thread at the beginning of the month but you can join anytime. We are all at different places.

Welcome also to the Queen!

I hope you both enjoy the challenge!

I'll be back later to post mine for today.

queen3510

WHEW!!!!!!!!!

I did the test and was shocked at the amount of pushups I was able to do. 3 plank!

I'm in day Week 1, Day 1, Column 1

I was barely able to do the sets but I succeeded. I will stay on day 1 for this week and then advance to day 2 so I can build up my upper body strength. I'm sure the "girls" have a lot to do with the weight. LOL

This is definitely a challenge and one I do want to complete. I need all the prayers of encouragement I can get.

keiko

Queen, glad you got day one done!:drinker:
I'm doing "girly" style. After I finish and build up some upper body strength I might try the planks.

Today for me was week 5, day 3, level 2
sets 1&2 18
3&4 20
5&6 17
7 20
8 at least 45 and that's what I did:drinker: YEAH I finally finished a week after a few weeks of starting and not finishing:drinker:

mechanicmom

Welcome Queen!:happy:
Everyone looks to be doing great!
I'm still sick (two weeks), so still one week 3 level 1. Didn't have time to do day 3 yesterday so I did it today.
11
13
9
9
16(min 13)
I may try to move up to level 2 on Monday, depending on how I am feeling. See you then! Happy Easter!
MM

cp005e

I DID IT! I tested yesterday and I did it! My hands kept slipping, so I paused for 5-10 seconds after 84 push ups (basically I put my butt up in the air while I readjusted my hands - this is one of the 'authorized rest positions' used during the Army PF test, so I think it is OK), and then I did 27 more. 111 total! :bigsmile:

So, I am going to rest a little bit this week - I'll still do push ups, maybe see if I can do 100 without any rest, but not all the sets for any given week - and then I am going to start back over at week 3 and try to go slower and all the way to the floor. (I have only been going about halfway down on my long sets) I was only able to do about 10 all the way to the floor a couple of minutes after my test... but I was pretty tired at that point.

Welcome to the new faces, and good job keiko and FitnessGeek on your progress! I repeated week 4 a bunch of times... and then week 5 a bunch of times... and then week 6 a bunch of times... :laugh: But you can do it. When I started last August, I could only do 1 plank. And yesterday, I did 111!

FitnessGeek

I DID IT! I tested yesterday and I did it! My hands kept slipping, so I paused for 5-10 seconds after 84 push ups (basically I put my butt up in the air while I readjusted my hands - this is one of the 'authorized rest positions' used during the Army PF test, so I think it is OK), and then I did 27 more. 111 total! bigsmile

So, I am going to rest a little bit this week - I'll still do push ups, maybe see if I can do 100 without any rest, but not all the sets for any given week - and then I am going to start back over at week 3 and try to go slower and all the way to the floor. (I have only been going about halfway down on my long sets) I was only able to do about 10 all the way to the floor a couple of minutes after my test... but I was pretty tired at that point.

Welcome to the new faces, and good job keiko and FitnessGeek on your progress! I repeated week 4 a bunch of times... and then week 5 a bunch of times... and then week 6 a bunch of times... laugh But you can do it. When I started last August, I could only do 1 plank. And yesterday, I did 111!

Wow, Congrats, cp005e! It's so motivating when to see somebody hit their goal. That's a lot of progress since August. :flowerforyou: :bigsmile: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

writer4him

I DID IT! I tested yesterday and I did it! My hands kept slipping, so I paused for 5-10 seconds after 84 push ups (basically I put my butt up in the air while I readjusted my hands - this is one of the 'authorized rest positions' used during the Army PF test, so I think it is OK), and then I did 27 more. 111 total! :bigsmile:

So, I am going to rest a little bit this week - I'll still do push ups, maybe see if I can do 100 without any rest, but not all the sets for any given week - and then I am going to start back over at week 3 and try to go slower and all the way to the floor. (I have only been going about halfway down on my long sets) I was only able to do about 10 all the way to the floor a couple of minutes after my test... but I was pretty tired at that point.

Welcome to the new faces, and good job keiko and FitnessGeek on your progress! I repeated week 4 a bunch of times... and then week 5 a bunch of times... and then week 6 a bunch of times... :laugh: But you can do it. When I started last August, I could only do 1 plank. And yesterday, I did 111!

Great job cp005e!!! :flowerforyou:

keiko

Congratulations cp005e!! Enjoy your rest days! 111 is amazing!:drinker:

FitnessGeek

Week 5 Day1
*girly-style*
+36
+40
+30
+24
+40
____
170

Yay :bigsmile:

writer4him

Week 2, Column 2, Day 1

9
11
8
8
13 (min 11)

Question about week two...at the end of the instructions, it says to test again to see how many you can do. (Can't remember the exact wording) Do I take a 4th day this week and test, or am I supposed to do that after the workout on day #3?

mechanicmom

Hi everyone,
I may not be posting on here much for a little while. I will still post when I have time, but I am having to rearrange my priorities and I spend too much time on the computer. I will still do my push ups every week though. Starting week 3 level 2 or 3 today! Keep up the good work and I will be in to check on you all soon!
MM

LifeChanges42

set 1 - 4
set 2 - 6
set 3 - 4
set 4 - 4
set 5 - 8 (at least 6)

I think I did an extra set of 4 also... the children were distracting me a little bit.

fitgal411

Week 1, Day 1, column 3:

set 1 - 10

set 2 - 12

set 3 - 7

set 4 - 7

set 5 - 15

whew!! I made it through day 1!!!!! (just 6 more weeks to go)

keiko

I did not test this weekend. So here I am doing week 5 again:laugh: I am still struggling to finish all the sets so that's ok that I'm still here.

Week 5, day 1, level 2
28
35
25
22
at least 35, I managed 38

Hope you all have a good Tuesday:flowerforyou:

queen3510

I am actually doing week 1 day 1 everyday this week. My upper body is sooooo weak. I didn't realize how much so until I took this challenge.

2
3
2
2
3 (min 3)

And it has gotten a little easier but not by much. Each Monday I will move to the next week. I hope this is alright to do this way.

ktthegr8

Hi all!:flowerforyou: I would really like to join you in this challenge. I took the test and I will be starting Week 1 level 3 today. :bigsmile:

ktthegr8

Holy Cow!
10
12
7
7
10

writer4him

Week 2, column 2, day 2

10
12
9
5 (supposed to be 9 but I pooped out!)

I will repeat this day on Friday!

LifeChanges42

set 1 - 5
set 2 - 6
set 3 - 4
set 4 - 4
set 5 - 10 (at least 7)


I have done more push-ups in a row today than I have done in 14 years!! So many of you probably can do 10 in your sleep, but I know you understand how proud I am to be in the double-digits!!!!! :bigsmile:

FitnessGeek

Ug, I've been sick the past couple days. Hopefully I can get to my push-ups tomorrow or the next day. I don't like missing so many days!

fitgal411

Week 1, Day 2, Column 3

set 1 - 10
set 2 - 12
set 3 - 8
set 4 - 8
set 5 - 16

yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!