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Do not put hot coffee in a shaker bottle! The air expands while shaking, the lid pops open, then your wife gets pissed. Iced coffee only!

I lost my big toe nail to burpees last summer. It took 7 months to grow back. My tip is to stop when your form starts to fail. Don't get sloppy.

I did my sets of 7 today. I'm still on track. I'm not sure if I am going to be able to do a set of 20 consecutively on day 30 but I'm hopeful. I am making progress because I have never focused on push-ups directly before. It feels good to improve on something that has always been a challenge.

I read a really great study about staggering intensity. Basically in a week you have 3 workouts one that's with heavy lifting one that's light and one that's just right. In the week you decide which workout based on how your energy level feels.…

Zottman curls, farmer carries, deadlifts, one arm hangs, pull ups Wrist roller: a dowel with a rope or chain attached to a weight. Hold your arms out and roll the rope up and down. It's an old baseball pitcher exercise. Plate pinch: take 2 weight plates and pinch them together and hold for time. Pick weight s that are…

Get into the prisoner squat position (bodyweight with fingers touching ears, elbows back and straight with shoulders, head straight with body the whole time) make sure your stance is similar to your goblet squat position in width and toe direction. You might need to be a little wider than the goblet squat to make space for…

Deadlifts, lunges, step ups, hip thrusts, glute bridge, and kettlebell swings all work the glutes. Especially hip thrusts; they activate your glutes more than any other exercise. When doing squats and the other listed exercises, at the top of the movement, lock out your hips and squeeze your glutes to make sure you get…

Besides the oly, chucks, and socks suggestions, indoor soccer shoes like Adidas samba and similar have fairly low soles and very little cushioning and decent arch support. The reason I use indoor soccer shoes is because chucks are tough on my feet because of lack of arch support.

Under cardio you can enter weight lifting, calisthenics, or circuit training and get an estimate of calories.

Check out greatist.com. They have circuit training routines that will strengthen and raise your heart rate to cover both goals. They can be calisthenics or weighted, such a squats, presses, whatnot, each for 45 sec full intensity, rest 15 sec then start the circuit over. I suggest you do circuit training for the first half…

I'm sticking to it! Done for today!

You might laugh at the tricep video but it is a good suggestion, in a way. Spot targeting fat loss is quite unsuccessful. Though, you can improve the shape of your triceps by building some muscle in that area. They might appear "flabby" but if you add some muscle it would look strong and fill in the flab.

Enjoy your rest day everyone! Unless you started later. For you, get back to work!

My method is adding it to my existing weight training routine which I do 4-5 days per week. You can do whatever you like. It's not that structured.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/core-confusion Push ups are typically thought of as an arm/chest exercise but rate really highly as an ab activation exercise. Kinda cool read. Article tries to debunk the weight training idea that you don't need to target the abs directly.

@awarreningermany‌ welcome aboard I did 4 sets of 5 strict push ups and 1 set from the knees. Tough tough tough

I'd be shocked if anyone progresses from 3 max push-ups to 20 in 30 days. It's a challenge. It's a progression. Personally it will push me harder having a structure and the accountability of reporting into the group. Thank you for your opinion and concerns. We will survive this challenge whether we accomplish the end-goal…

I do the sets consecutively with a 30-45 sec rest. I am doing as many sets of the daily goal number because if it's not a challenge, I won't be making progress. I'm not a complete beginner. I usually do 3 sets of 4-7 as a warm up. I'm doing the challenge to push myself. I have never done a set of 20 push ups before. I…

I do the sets consecutively with a 30-45 sec rest. I am doing as many sets of the daily goal number because if it's not a challenge, I won't be making progress. I'm not a complete beginner. I usually do 3 sets of 4-7 as a warm up. I'm doing the challenge to push myself. I have never done a set of 20 push ups before. I…

I did 6 sets of 4 push-ups. 2 were from the knees to finish a set

Nice work! Keep up the progress!

Active recovery is a really good point @hill8570‌

Are your calories heavily restricted? Low carb or low protein (to feed muscle) ? Are you sleeping 7-9 hrs (to heal muscle)? Are you taking fish oil (natural anti inflammatory)? It could be lack of recovery. I was getting into weight lifting while I was on a very low carb diet and I was sore all the time. My recovery is…

I love the hex press aka squeeze press. It's a dumbbell bench press where you squeeze the dumbbells together while pressing. Constant pressure on the pecs. On the same day I do push-ups, chest flyes (I know they're dangerous), and a bunch of tricep work because that's my weak link in pressing exercises.

Hollow hold, plank jacks, renegade rows are effective core strength exercises.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/real_men_do_sissy_squats Sissy squats are a quad exercise. Since you put your heels up on a block anyway it might work for you. Another alternative is Sumo deadlifts since the involve the hamstrings and to a lesser extent quads & glutes. You don't…

Nothing silly about making progress! Try lowering yourself in full position and drop your knees for the push up. Or try putting your hands elevated on a bench. The leverage is easier. Nothing wrong with working from the knees for now. Just some suggestions for other types of modified push ups.

I did 8 sets of 3 push ups with a 20 sec rest between sets. 2 push ups were sloppy.

I meant standby in the sense of the expression "an ole standby" implying it's always there. I believe that deadlifts are universal to everyone's fitness goals. Strengthening my posterior chain has cured 8 years of back pain. I wish someone told me that was possible 7.5 years ago. I would have started my fitness journey in…

A set of 20 push ups is a goal that I've had on my mind for a while. I want to do it. This challenge seems good for my goal.