The 100 push up challenge

[southernsoftie]

Week 5 Exhaustion Test: 82

60 easy, next 11 not so, managed to push out one at a time until I got to the end.

13 more than the last exhaustion test a week ago, and only 18 left for the hundred!!

Well that's helpful! Given that my arms and shoulders are too pathetic to start properly do you have an alternative suggestion? Or is this thread for the macho only?

Haha! If you knew me you'd know I'm anything but macho! (Camp as Christmas!!)

If you're stuggling from your knees, try doing negative press-ups:

(1) start in press up position; (2) lower yourself (place a tennis ball under your chest and stop when you touch it); (3) hold for 2 secs. Get into position again at (1), and repeat. This will begin to develop the muscles required for a full press-up and get them used to the movement and load.

Do as many of these as you can and use this as an initial test. Do weeks 1-2 of the programme in this way, then try an initial test again, but this time adding in the press after (2).

If needs be you can do it in 3 stages: do the negative reps on the knees; do the press-up from the knees; get cracking with the full press-up. Do weeks 1-2 for each stage until you can do the full one and then go all the way!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0eVeHVJ7wA

[Stef F]

Week 5 Exhaustion Test: 82

Haha! If you knew me you'd know I'm anything but macho! (Camp as Christmas!!)

If you're stuggling from your knees, try doing negative press-ups:

(1) start in press up position; (2) lower yourself (place a tennis ball under your chest and stop when you touch it); (3) hold for 2 secs. Get into position again at (1), and repeat. This will begin to develop the muscles required for a full press-up and get them used to the movement and load.

Do as many of these as you can and use this as an initial test. Do weeks 1-2 of the programme in this way, then try an initial test again, but this time adding in the press after (2).

If needs be you can do it in 3 stages: do the negative reps on the knees; do the press-up from the knees; get cracking with the full press-up. Do weeks 1-2 for each stage until you can do the full one and then go all the way!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0eVeHVJ7wA

Thanks SS

There might be light at the end of the tunnel after all. I just need to finish sulking then I'll get started!

Stef

[TheHeathens]

Initial : 20 pushups

Week 1 Day 1: 10 / 12 / 7 / 7 / max (13) - 49 total
Week 1 Day 2: 12 / 12 / 8 / 8 / max (13) - 53 total
Week 1 Day 3: 11 / 15 / 9 / 9 / max (16) - 60 total

Week 2 Day 1: 14 / 14 / 10 /10 / max (15) - 63 total
Week 2 Day 2: 14 / 16 / 12 / 12 / max (17) - 71 total
Week 2 Day 3: 16 / 17 / 14 / 14 / max (20) - 81 total

Review Test : 30 pushups

Week 3 Day 1: 14 / 18 / 14 / 14 / max (20) - 80 total
Week 3 Day 2: 20 / 25 / 15 / 15 / max (30) - 105 total
Week 3 Day 3: 22 / 30 / 20 / 20 / max (28) - 120 total

Repeat of week 3

Week 3 Day 1: 14 / 18 / 14 / 14 / max (24) - 84 total
Week 3 Day 2: 20 / 25 / 15 / 15 / max (25) - 100 total
Week 3 Day 3: 22 / 30 / 15 / 15 / max (29) - 121 total

Week 4 Day 1: 21 / 25 / 21 / 21 / max (32) - 120 total

Oh my God!!! How much did that hurt! I had absolutely no energy and was struggling from set 2 onwards. Last set was 1*12 and 4*5.

I suspect that it was because I ran for 7 miles last night - now that's small change for you guys but it's the longest run I've done in well over 18 months so it's taken it out of me a little.

On a stag do this weekend so not sure if I'll get to do days 2 and 3 before Monday but I'll give it a go

[southernsoftie]

Week 4 Day 1: 21 / 25 / 21 / 21 / max (32) - 120 total

Oh my God!!! How much did that hurt! I had absolutely no energy and was struggling from set 2 onwards. Last set was 1*12 and 4*5

Heehee!! Does doesn't it, but it is less than you do at the end of week 3? The halving of your rest is a killer!!

Thanks SS

There might be light at the end of the tunnel after all. I just need to finish sulking then I'll get started!

Stef

Why the sulk?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5beHS3MEY

[OneHillWonder]

I have done up to week 2 day 2 so far

Week 2 day 2

14 / 16 / 12 / 12 / max (I did 18) so 72 total

how will I ever do 100??!

What's the max we've had so far then of the forumites?

[southernsoftie]

What's the max we've had so far then of the forumites?

Well OHW, I'm glad you ask:

Softie............82 (+39)
Lola...............78
BritNick..........50
John Doe........46 (+26)
Al Fowler........35 (+15)
TheHeathens...30 (+10)
Eggman..........30 Est
Mud...............28
Slippery Stones.25
Peawet...........25
Trog..............25
LMF...............23
Derby Tup......20
One Hill Wonder.16
Donkarlo.........13
Hanneke.........7
(Initial and Exhaustion Tests only - except for Al, who begged!!)

Stat attack:

All in for 100 press ups means we're now looking at 1600 press ups.

Based on our initial tests, we'd done a total of 443, leaving us 1157 short.

Through Exhaustion Tests we've now gained 90 press ups and are up from 4.5% to 7.77% of the way to plugging this gap. Slowly getting there.

STATTO! STATTO!

[Al Fowler]

I have temporarily stopped.

Im having a bad pain in my left elbow since starting the programme and it is there all the time now. So im packing in for abit to see if i can shift what ever it is.

But, i managed to do 35 for one of the final max bits during week 2....so can i go up from 20 please?

[southernsoftie]

Week 2 day 2

14 / 16 / 12 / 12 / max (I did 18) so 72 total

how will I ever do 100??!

OHW, you're one up on The Heathens at the same stage (see his latest post just above yours), and take a peek at what he's now knocking out - which is the same as I was knocking out at that stage, and I've just done an 82 max. Keep the faith. The program works, and you can do it!!

Having said that, I've just looked at my next week, Week 6 Col 3:
45/55/35/30/Max55 - 220 total, 60 secs rest
22/22/30/30/24/24/18/18/Max58 - 246 total, 45 secs rest
26/26/30/30/26/26/22/22/Max60 - 268 total, 45 secs rest!!

Mummy!!

[southernsoftie]

But, i managed to do 35 for one of the final max bits during week 2....so can i go up from 20 please?

Go on then.
Done

[Al Fowler]

Go on then.
Done

Fanks softie, Sandshoe