Hundred Push Ups March

Today was my first official day for this challenge. I did Week 1, Day 1, Column 1.

Set 1 - 10
Set 2 - 12
Set 3 - 7
Set 4 - 7
Set 5- 10 (minimum was 9)

I'm going to do this on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and start Week 1 again on Monday since I only got one day in.

Regarding the two questions, I don't have the answers except to just suggest do what feels right for you.

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.

I asked this same question awhile back. MM said that in week 5 you go to 45 sec. rests. So unless you have something short to do I would stay with the rests. I felt the same way, that I was wasting time. But I guess they call it a rest for a reason.

So, now I'm back. I did not do any push ups this week. Not being home really messes with my schedule. I'm looking forward to getting back into this and my regular exercise.

Forpar, I love to not keep score:laugh: Most courses around here try to open the beginning of April but of course that depends on the weather. I haven't even touched my clubs in a couple of years so it should be interesting!

Marla, maybe get a cage for you instead of the kiddies:laugh: Tell them mommy needs a time out:laugh:

MM, I hope you feel better soon. Like Drevan's mom said, you might want to get it checked out if it continues. I say things like that but I am the worst at waiting to see if it goes away. I had some knee problems a few years ago. I babied it until it felt better. Now it's good.
Maybe even try a massage therapist if you can find a good one that's priced reasonable.

I'm still here. My neck is still tight, but oh well. After having not done any push ups since Monday I did manage to do 58 today. I hope that will help loosen me up! I'll get back to it on Monday!
MM

Hi everybody! I started doing this challenge with MM way back in August, but have had to stop for a while because I was really really busy finishing up my degree. But I am done now and very excited to get back to exercising. (I know, can you believe it? :huh: )

Here's my story for some of the newbies starting out:

I started out only being able to do ONE plank push up, so I began with girly style. After 2 weeks, I tried again - and I could do 6! So I started over doing plank style. I had to repeat a lot of weeks on the way to week 6 (week 4 in particular was rough - I think I repeated that for about a month), so do not worry if you don't progress as fast as the program suggests. As long as you are improving, you are doing great. If you are feeling stuck, you might try moving up the levels in a single week, or going back to an earlier week on a harder level. Before I had to stop, the best I had done was 88 consecutive - that was after about 6 weeks repeating week 6, I think.

This morning, I decided to try testing to see where I was at. The humbling truth - 58. But, then I looked at the program again and saw that it would still put me back in week 6 - at level 2! I only lost one level in two months? That's actually not so bad. I think I am going ease back in by doing week 5 on level 2 or 3 first and see how I do.

MM - take it easy with your neck/back! I go ahead and rest the full period - sometimes longer - in between sets. I actually find that my heart rate gets pumping pretty hard during those long sets.

See you all on Monday! :drinker:

Is anyone here still doing the two hundred situps challenge?

I'll do 200 sit ups................we are talking real all the way up and all the way back down sit up sit ups right.
today is my leg day but i can put out a few hundred sit ups........................................READY?

Alright, let's do this. I actually was only going to do crunches but if you want to do the "real" situps I won't stop you:laugh: I may even think about going another round when I'm done with this one to see if I can do the "real" ones too. I'll start another thread for the situps. Hope to see you there.

Wow that's awesome Amybrenn to be able to do 63 in a minute! I haven't timed myself yet. I'll have to try that some time. Thanks for the push ups tips. I know there are quite a few ladies on here that have been getting frustrated with doing girly push ups, so that will probably help.
See you all Monday!
MM

try doing push up on a BOSU ball..................tilt from side to side and front to back then down up then to burn out hold it about half way. I love my BOSU.

Hi, I just saw this and I'd love to try this challenge too!

I heard about this from the 200 sit up challenge so Im going to do this one too. Im in.

Glad to see you, j_g

Well, I think I figured out what was causing my back problems...for the most part. I switched out pillows last night and I was feeling better today. So I will be back at it tomorrow. Since I didn't do them this week I may start at level on week 6, instead of level 3. We'll see how my back is in the morning.
Good to see this thread so lively again! Welcome new people!
MM:flowerforyou:

Week 2, Day 2

*Girly Push-ups*
+14
+16
+12
+12
+30
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84

Getting closer...

Week 6 level 2 Day 1
I decided to move down a level because I am out of shape from last week. lol
40
50
25
25
52 (min50)
Could have pushed more on the last set but my back gave out so I knew my form was wrong.
See you all on Wednesday! Keep up the good work!
MM

pretty much! It really does work! :bigsmile:

Well Im new to MFP and I think Im gonna try to start this. I did my test and can only do 9 girl ones so I think Im gonna start and this should be good for me to add to doin my elliptical.