100,000 Pushups in 2018

nossmf
nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
edited December 19 in Challenges
I've given up my "Year of Reps" challenge as being too easy for me, so instead am challenging myself to something bigger: 100k pushups in the year. Averaged out, that's 274 per day. Anybody care to join me? The sooner you start, the easier the goal is to reach!

Jan 1 - 274/day
Feb 1 - 299/day
Mar 1 - 327/day

...and so on. Of course you can set a smaller goal for yourself (50k, 25k, etc). Let's get cranking on those reps!
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  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 11 - 300
    YTD - 2500
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 12 - 400
    YTD - 2900
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 15 - 400
    YTD - 3300
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 16 - 400
    YTD - 3700
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 17 - 400
    YTD - 4100
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 18 - 400
    YTD - 4,500
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 19 - 400
    YTD - 4900
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 22 - 500
    YTD - 5400
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 23 - 500
    YTD - 5900
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 24 - 500
    YTD - 6400
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 25 - 500
    YTD - 6900
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Jan 26 - 500
    YTD - 7400
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 1 - 505
    YTD - 7905
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 2 - 505
    YTD - 8410
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 3 - 700
    YTD - 9,110
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 4 - 390
    YTD - 9,500
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 5 - 500
    YTD - 10,000
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 9 - 500
    YTD - 10,500
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 12 - 500
    YTD - 11,000
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 13 - 500
    YTD - 11,500
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 14 - 500
    YTD - 12,000
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 18 - 500
    YTD - 12,500
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 19 - 500
    YTD - 13,000
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 20 - 500
    YTD - 13,500
  • stephaniezinone
    stephaniezinone Posts: 22 Member
    I'm surprised no one has commented on your challenge. It's really impressive to me, mainly because I can barely do 10 good ones. And it took me a year to get to 10. But I also don't practice every day.

    How do you do them? All at once? 100 push-ups 5X a day? Are you worried about getting an overuse injury?

    I don't know what else to say but good job!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 21 - 500
    YTD - 14,000

    I worked my way up to where now I do 10 sets of 50, at the top and bottom of every hour for the first 5 hours of my work shift. It's a good mental break away from work, too, plus helps keep me awake.

    As for overuse concerns, that's why I'm not doing more per day and only doing them on days I work...if I'm at home, I'm resting. Those weeks I do more than 5 days of work (happens occasionally) I also stop, so guaranteed two days off per week. Having been subject to shoulder injuries before when I lifted, I am keeping careful watch over my shoulders. So far, no problems which my days off haven't cured.

    My other big concern was a lack of corresponding back work, but I have also added pullups. Just nowhere the same numbers, lol.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Feb 28 - 500
    YTD - 14,500

    Right on cue with mmcalmont616 asking about overuse, I felt a little sore when I woke up on the 22nd. Decided to take a couple days off, combined with a ski trip weekend, so it's been surprisingly a week since my last set of pushups. But today there was no soreness (touch of stiffness, but to be expected), so good to go moving forward!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Mar 1 - 500
    YTD - 15,000

    Current pace: 91,250

    A little behind where I need to be, but I'm actually on pace to make my mark easily. When the year started I slowly worked my way up from a hundred a day to two hundred, etc, up to my current level of 500. Assuming I can keep this current clip of 500 per workday, I'll hit my 100k mark by late November. Gives me some leeway in case of future issues with illness or injury.
  • stephaniezinone
    stephaniezinone Posts: 22 Member
    Glad I didn’t jinx you or anything.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,075 Member
    Mar 2 - 500
    YTD - 15,500
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