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Works out 1/2 times a week
Drinks 3/4 times a week
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Setting:

3 hour dinner just finished
2 courses
3/4 drinks

Question:

Right off the bat without stopping for more than 2 seconds in between each and doing a full press up.

How many could he do?

Depends on form, but off the bat based on working out 1/2 times a week.... 40ish.

Depends on what 'working out' means, how long they've been 'working out' for, and without stack sizes it's difficult to know.

Anywhere between 20-40 probably.

Same person, how long could they keep going on the 'Bring Sally Up' push-up challenge?  I'd go for 90-150 seconds.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL-l4bZCkAw

40-50

How much does he weigh?

ill take the under on 40

Agreed.

Yeah I bet against 30 but should have set the line at 35 as there was a crowd of 20 or so watching and 25 is easy and addrenalin can get last 5.

Second question was what would be the odds that he can do 100 sit ups with same conditions.

He doesn't do ab training.

Ab training would make no difference in the slightest.  It would be a question of how strong his chest and triceps are relative to his body weight.

Huh?

It's sit ups?

Only going off your OP

100 sit ups is a million times easier than 100 press ups.  To the point where the vast majority of people couldn't do 100 press ups but i would be surprised if most people couldn't do 100 sit ups.

Lol

How about at ukpc we choose seat 1 of 20 tables. If more than 10 of them can do 50 sit ups I'll give you 1k and likewise if more than 10 can't you give me?

Why would any of them bust a gut to prove you wrong?

I don't want to bet on it but i have just tried both and couldn't do 3 press ups in full (i weigh 19 stone) but i cranked out 50 sits up no problem at all albeit at my own pace without stopping just as an mini experiment.

Thin!  Nice gag.

i'll give you 1k if you can organise this

Free roll?

sounds like it.  You run so good pleno!

Going to be interesting looking at the seat draw to see how gets seat 1!

Booked!

Will donate it all to dtd charity obv

Would have def set the line somewhere from 30-40.

Wrt sit ups being easier, that really depends - how much do knees have to be bent? Are arms allowed to move to help allow forward motion? Do shoulders have to touch the floor?

I guess similar applies to press ups. How far down to the floor does someone have to go? How wide do arms have to be? When legs bend is that a fail?

http://youtu.be/jDwoBqPH0jk

In both cases we agreed there would be a neutral judge who was a frequent gym goer who would say if they were "proper" he was allowed to do one practice one for the judge to say yes that's done and I would describe them as not army like press ups but def legit.

What % of people could do less than 15 and what %
Of people could do more than 50? I just think 40 is ambitious.

15 Press up's isn't easy (if possible at all) if you are doing them properly all the way down for the average person who doesn't work out (the vast majority of poker players)

I'd say the average sit ups would be around 25 pre addrenalin too.

Yeah I agree. This was somebody who would work out once a week or so had just been to a huge binge of a festival, are a big meal, had alcohol inside him. I have him 2/1 at 30 #fish

the alcohol would probably help up to a point
FEELNOPAIN

Just like Bacardi breeders helped me in the first part of this year

Very sporting of Robu to put up the £1k and very generous of Pleno to match it in the bet and donate to charity if he wins.  Looking forward to seeing it next month.

Funnily enough a couple of months ago I was propositioned on something like this. I was about 6 beers in.

I'd say I look athletic but I'm at a poor fitness level. I drink 2-3 times a week.

I had to do 20 full push ups consecutively, I managed it but if it were 22-23 I wouldn't have done it. The last push up felt like it was everything.

Massive unders on the 40, so hilarious if he doesn't work out. I was quite ashamed I could only just manage 20 that I did press-ups for a week or so and managed to get to 35 or so.

Just putting my response in before I read the thread and get any spoilers.

I'm going to go for 19.

Agree with Dan about it depending on the type of training he does.

If he does a 3 mile run twice a week I think he's going to struggle.

If he does pressups twice a week for 1 minute he'll piss it.

how many can you do matt?

Think the size of the bet is a major factor. A lot and im sure he could squeeze a few more out. I think 30 gonna be pretty close.

I think sit ups are harder than press ups.
At 52 and weighing 12.5 stones I run 3 miles prob twice a week. Used to go to the gym but not for 2/3 years.
Last week I decided to have a change and do an old circuit programme
6 squats 5kg weights
9 press ups
12 burpees
15 sit ups

On the second circuit I couldn't finish the sit ups, but would be reasonably confident of doing 15 press ups twice if I switched the circuit order around.
May try it this afternoon if I get home in time

Not tried for ages so I don't really know.

I'm reasonably fit, decent weight and go to the gym 4 times per week (albeit only just started back) and I'd be amazed if I could do 25.

I think 10 would be easy, 15 I'd be getting a sweat on, 20 I'd be wishing I'd never started and 25 I'd be dead.

Give me 6 weeks of practice and I'm pretty sure I'd be in to the 70 - 100 range though. As I saidd it's all about the type of training your mate does.

The size of the bet has nothing to do with it. Once your arms go there's no amount of money that's going to wake them up.

There was a thread on here a while ago where a few people posted videos of a press up challenge. If anybody can find it I think you'd find it interesting.

I'm going to do this over the remainder of the summer, if anyone else feels like having a go, please feel free to keep me company.

http://www.hundredpushups.com/ (http://www.hundredpushups.com/)

Weight wise, I'm floating between 16st 7 and 16st 11 exercising quite a bit, not dieting, but not taking ridiculously bad food options either.

For my "test" I did 19 push ups.  I'm 43.

The first 15 were pretty straightforward and I was just starting to think I might put up a reasonable number, but it took 2 more for it to be a struggle and 2 more to be empty!

I'm 43 also, I will have a go later as a comparison for you  ;D

Patrick defined situps as lying on your back knees bent, and sliding your hands up your leg to your knees. Not what I'd consider situps and much easier imo. If it was the full hands behind your head job I agree they are tougher, his vision weren't.

In will try tomorrow when i get home!

Did it the other day and managed 4 proper press ups. 19 stone 39 used to be super fit/ strong but not any more.  Your body weight is a huge factor in this relative to your strength. I am still relatively strong but overweight. At 25 I could easily do 50 without even thinking about it when I weighed 14 stone and was strong as an ox lifting weights 4 times a week

I've just completed Day 1 (Column 3) for Week 1.  The workout asks you to do 5 sets... 10reps/12/7/7/max to end with a 60 second rest inbetween each set.

I can tell you that I took 120 seconds inbetween each set and it was still very difficult.  Third set of 7 started to get tough, fourth set of 7 I really had to growl to get through.  Final set, I could hardly feel anything that felt like it might belong to me... I stopped as I couldn't actually get my arms to co-operate down to right angles.  I've always played sports that have required more leg strength than arm strength so I've done very little lifetime training on the arms... and certainly nothing relevant recently.

So, definitely no picnic, but it only took 10 minutes so I reckon I can stick to it throughout August and see how much of a difference it makes.

How did it go?


Great!  Post your results and welcome on board :D


Fancy doing the challenge?


Room for one more :)

Day 2 for me, a "rest day" on the programme.  Arms feel ok, pecs hurt a bit around the sides, but not too bad.

On Tuesday I made 3 Bulgarian exercise bags. 14lb, 21lb, and 28lb.

I was totally knackered. Not from using the bags, just from making the bloody things.

:) I imagine you are up to 20+ press-ups Tom?  Fancy doing the challenge?  10 mins, 3 times a week, for 6 or 7 weeks.

Thanks for the invitation Simon. I would love to join you but I'm currently into cardio and suppleness, which is kind of important as you get older.

I intend to do some upper body and core strength stuff too, but I want to give the Bulgarian bags go and see what happens.


Sigh...

OK. Just tried the press-ups. Managed 20. May have been able to squeeze out a few more, but it was straight after breakfast and I was afraid if shitting myself.

Now what do I have to do?

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good luck with the 100 press up challenge.
I've tried and quit the programme 3 or 4 times
Best I ever managed was the first attempt.
If I remember right, my initial test was about 15 and at about 6 weeks I did a weekly test and did 63 good ones, then tore my shoulder.

Something I found really useful was to have a really good motivational piece of music to do your press ups to. Something with a good beat you can keep to as you do them, and something you can reserve just for your press ups. Head phones on, deep breath and pump 'em out.

http://www.hundredpushups.com/ (http://www.hundredpushups.com/)

If 20 was your "test result" then http://www.hundredpushups.com/week1.html (http://www.hundredpushups.com/week1.html) and you can follow the third column.  5 sets as per the column, rest inbetween each set, and take a day off inbetween each "day" until you have done day 3.  Then on to week 2, rinse and repeat.

I feel pretty focused at the moment, pretty sure I'll be getting very close, even if I don't succeed.  Torn shoulder apart, 63 good form press ups isn't a bad achievement...

You're not getting 20 seat 1s in DTD to even attempt pushups or situps in DTD without paying them all.  No way in a million years

How exactly would you plan on doing press ups without utilising your cardiovascular system?

Yeah yeah, but press-ups aren't really classed as cardio are they?

Having said that, I was blowing like a wid when I did a few this morning.

Sorry mate forgot, bit busy today will do in next couple of days.  ;slavedriver;

Just done day one column 3 as below. It hurt like a beatch, esp my pecs. (perhaps stiffness from when did the initial test.)

What happens if I don't manage all the sets? (I almost didn't.)


set 1         10
set 2       12
set 3       7
set 4        7
set 5         9

Good question Tom.  My anticipated route would be to repeat the week and not progress to the next week until I can complete properly.  It might take a bit longer, but I don't see the harm in that.  I have a day2 to complete today, I've already had a 1-2-1 hour this morning which hurt, and I am still aware of my pecs from 2 days ago, so I haven't been in a rush to get them done today yet, but I will do this afternoon at some point.  I'm expecting trouble completing it, just based on soreness to start with, but will see how it goes.

Today's routine asked me for 10/12/8/8/12+

The 10 was just about ok, so I knew 12+ in set5 was going to be tough.

I did 10/12/8/8/6

So it is quite likely I will repeat week 1 next week.  I'm hoping recovery rate between exercise days improves, otherwise this will be a tough old slog.

That's my next one too and I don't think I'll manage it. If not I will probably just try repeating that day until I can do it. If that fails I'll do the whole week again.

Anybody ever tried the "Green Sally up" push up challenge?

Pretty simple concept.... Play the song "flowers" by Moby and every time you hear the word "up" you push up, every time you hear "down" you drop to the down position.

Takes 3 minutes 20 seconds to complete the whole song. Huge respect to anybody who can do it because it's insanely difficult!! It only involves about 30 push ups but the pauses are absolute killers.

Give it a go if you dare and let us know how long you manage. I've just tried this for the first time in years and managed about 55 seconds.

Maybe we could get a group of Blondes together to try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKku2dhT_VY
 

ya bet is clearly null and void in that sense.

http://youtu.be/6sQn9uDhQZQ

Heres my friend doing 88 press ups in less than a minute

I posted about that earlier in the thread.

We're doing some strength and conditioning training with an instructor as part of our hockey training. As with most people who do team sports, we all have decent leg strength but lack the upper body strength.

We did the Sally up challenge with push-ups and I managed a minute and a half. One guy on the team managed two and a half minutes and he's a sports coach. One bloke managed to complete it, but he's a super-fit fireman who is built like a brick shithouse, and apparently he failed it the first time he tried.

Later in the session, we did the challenge but with squats. Most of the team could manage that fine, so then we tried it with weights on our shoulders, and that made it fun/painful.

I'm no expert but those look pretty half arsed. When I do press ups I keep my body stiff as a board so that I am pushing up the maximum weight possible. If you go all supple like this chap did then you are often only pushing half of your body weight up. Am I wrong here?

I am tempted by this challenge tbh. Will check that website Simon posted up and post my results.

You're not wrong. This are almost like "kipping" push-ups. Most of the momentum for the concentric movement is residual, and his chest is miles from the floor. Not saying what he's doing wouldn't be challenging, but the push-up counter is still at zero.

I'm tempted by this Green Sally challenge. Back when I had absolutely no chest, I used to do all sorts of push-up challenges to absolute whack the pecs from all angles, and one of them was to see how many you could get by holding at the bottom for a count of 1 second for your first push up, 2 seconds for your next, 3 seconds for your third, and so on. Can't remember what I got to, probably less than I thought I was going to get; but the concept is similar and it is brutally challenging

the links that appear down the side in youtube when i watched this frighten me

Anyone who is looking for the motivation you see a massive improvement very quickly. On your first attempt (the initial test) the muscles will be torn to shreds but once they heal they are a lot stronger. When I tried to do as many as possible 2 months ago (no prior training) I did 20 but could have maybe squeezed 21-22.

Since then I've barely done anything but in the past week (without following the website Simon posted) and just doing about two reps of 15 I just decided to go flat out and see what happened. Here is the video for your viewing pleasure:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP6muQaf5LM


Is the technique ok? Do I drop my chest down low enough? I'm still trembling from squeezing out that last push up but I really wanted to make 40.

Next video will be 100 btw.

They look fine to me.

I'd suggest opening legs a little bit, being slower between reps and breathing more but they are def v good ones

OK. I was always under the impression that in short bursts of exercise you're able to exert more energy by holding your breath. I guess once I am working towards 100 I'll be brain dead if I didn't do so :D.

Will work on the wider legs, never able to get comfortable.

Looks ok to me, in terms of form.  I'm definitely going slower, trying for "deliberate motion" rather than trying to bang them out asap.  Glad to hear about the muscle fibres repairing etc and can confirm I can already feel much improvement in my recovery.  I am currently "resting" from Day2 but feel like I could attempt Day 3 right now with no problems (well.. no problems until the end of the 4th set..)  whereas even on Day2, I was definitely not ready to do it, as I was still hurting quite a lot.  Not agony, but enough to know it was going to impact performance definitely.

Yeh your chest/shoulders will probably still be sore, but after around 48 hours you will be back to full strength.

Re: form. Looks okay. As already suggested, I favour slow and steady, with a very deliberate breathing pattern (in on the way down, out on the way up, just to state the obvious.) One thing that's hard to see from the angle of the video is the position of your arms relative to your torso. Basically you don't want to flare your elbows, they want to be somewhere between 45-60 degrees to your body.

If you want to recruit some more muscle fibres, here are a couple of suggestions: 1. take your chest as close to the grass as you can, 2. take 2-3 on the negative (the portion of the exercise where you are lowering yourself to the floor) and 3. imagine you're trying to touch your hands together as you push your body away from the floor (if you keep in mind one of the primary functions of the pectoral muscle is to move your arm across your body, then this should make sense.)

These tips will help you become stronger and develop a bigger chest to allow you to perform a greater amount of push-ups in the future. Keep in mind though, if you're utilising any of these intensity techniques, you're unlikely to immediately perform more push-ups as what you're doing is making the exercise harder. Better to use them over 5 sets of 8-12, rather than trying to hit 100 reps.

Sorry, just rambling. Hope this post was useful. Keep crushing

My day 2 was supposed to be 10 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 12.

I managed 10 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 11.

I'm just going to repeat day 2 until I get it.

The last set is meant to be "max, but 12 minimum" whereas at the moment, 12 feels like some distant target for me.  I just looked at week 6, yikes!

I daren't look ahead.

Day 3 done, and therefore week 1 "complete"

11 / 15/ 9/ 9/ 13+ it said.

11/15 (ow ow ow) /9 /9 / 8 it got.

So, I guess on the plus side, I just did over 50 press ups this morning, that I didn't do last Sunday morning.  So that must have done me something good.  Also, the soreness has definitely reduced and I have more confidence that in a week or so, a day off inbetween will feel more like a luxury than a necessity.

On the negative side, that wasn't a pass for week 1, so I will start it again this week.

getting the urge to try this again reading others' attempts. I'm a bit stiff from a hard weekend gigging with the band, so will rest up and do a test later in the week.

There's an app for this if anyone's interested. tells you your reps, and even times the rest periods for you.

interested if it's on android


and (getting my excuse in early) if my dodgy shoulder*** will allow me to do push ups


*** already been to doctors and had ultrasound scan, possibly and MRI is the next option, def a valid excuse

Yes, the app is on Android. Think it's a few quid to buy.

50 shoulder dislocates a day was a miracle cure for my dodgy shoulder

Repeating week 1, what a difference a week makes.

10-12-7-7-9+ was the drill.

10-12-7-7-11 was the result.

I felt about a "set better" if that makes sense... the tiredness I used to feel on set 3 I'm now not feeling until set 4.  I'll see how that feels tomorrow, but at the moment there really isn't any soreness, feels like I could try it again in half an hour. (I won't tho obv..)

Keep up the good work and gl making it through to week 2. I'm sure you will manage.

cheers ~ hopefully there's a few others that are getting around to joining in at some point!  Can't pretend the first week was fun, but it wasn't too bad and hopefully now I can start to build up the reps.

Second attempt at day 2. Managed it, but only just.

10 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 12.

The last few included a pause at the top and a lot of quivering and grunting.

Since I squeezed out 40 push ups in my initial test I am going to jump straight into week 2. I know it suggests week 3 but a) I have done some press ups in the last few weeks (messing around) and b) I am at the same pace as simon that way.

Going to do my "first" session now. Will report shortly.

Blimey. If you get any less than 40 on your initial test then I strongly suggest starting at week 1. My arms resemble spaghetti somewhat.

I did the minimum requirements on the final max reps but:

14-14-10-10-15

It's after the 2nd reps that I started to feel it. It's possible the muscle fibers hadn't quite recovered from my initial test but at least I know it is only going to be easier from now on.

Hurts dunnit :D  I'm a week behind you now though (unless you fail week 2 at some point and decide to repeat it) but it's all good ~ I won't be letting up on this challenge.

For contrast, I got 19 on my test, then failed week 1 ~ so for anyone else thinking about getting round to it one of these months ( ;bigadz;) start off slow!

The improvement comes quickly though, the soreness definitely eases up and the first couple of sets this morning felt like no trouble at all, will be interesting to see how many I can do when I next get an interim test of "1 set until failure"

Keep going Tom, pretty sure you'll enjoy the next session more than that one!

30

Take 2 days off then begin on week 1. Depending how much rest you get and how fit you are you might need a 3rd day for your muscles to recover.

Day 3.

Supposed to do 11 - 15 - 9 - 9 - 13.

I only managed 12 on the final set. I just couldn't physically do the last rep. The spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak.

Will repeat day 3 on Saturday or Sunday.

Soreness easing up Tom?

Day 2 repeat for me today, 10-12-8-8-12 and that's what happened.  I felt like I could have busted a couple more out at the end, but the last rep probably had a touch of mad cow disease to it as it was, so I stopped.

Will also be on Day 3 at the weekend.

Yes. Not so sore now, just didn't have the strength to do the last rep.

i thought you were supposed to repeat failed weeks, rather than failed days?
the way I did it last time was I'd do the daily sets Mon/Wed/Fri evenings, then a weekly test on Sunday morning.
Then the app would tell me if I moved on to the next week or repeated the week again.

doing my first test on Sunday, stiff neck or not.

Ah!
I couldn't see any info about what to do if you failed a day. I I asked the question on here but no one was sure so I just decided to repeat the fail day until I managed it.

What is the weekly test about? (I probably should have read everything before I started)

I failed Week 1 and repeated it.  Tom decided to stay at "Week 1 Day 2" which is pretty much the same thing really.  Maybe more important further into things to repeat weeks rather than repeat days, but I'm not sure, so I'll just follow what it says.  Even if someone diverges from the program, they are still going to be doing several thousand pressups by the end of this that they otherwise wouldn't have done, so lots of win.

There are exhaustion tests at the end of Week 2, Week 4 and Week 5 and a final test at the end of week 6.  Following the program to the letter, you shouldn't do one at the end of weeks 1 or 3.

I'm choosing to do Tues-Thurs-Sat simply as it fits in well with my week and other exercise stuff going on.  I'm also getting up earlier and earlier nowadays, despite not needing to (is that a sign I'm getting old?) and I like doing these about 6 in the morning, having been a wake for a fair while, but before breakfast.

Hopefully you made it safely through the first week and now you're keen to move on to Week 2. However, if for some reason you struggled with the program, I would suggest either retaking the initial test or repeating Week 1. You'll probably be surprised at how much stronger you already are and will sail through the first week and be fired up and raring to go.

Don't forget, now you've completed Week 2, it's time to take an exhaustion test. Perform as many good-form push ups as you can manage before you physically can't do another one. Make a note of how many push ups you complete, and move on to Week 3. Hope you're ready for the next level!

The results from your test after week 2 will guide you to which column to use for Week 3.

Cheers Simon.

Definitely!


I used to see my dad making himself a cuppa at 6am and think WTF is wrong with the silly old fart? Now the girls think (and say) that about me.

Day 3.

Supposed to do 11 - 15 - 9 - 9 - 13.

Failed again. 2 short on the final set.

See you Monday.

Good effort Tom.

Also Day 3 for me.

Definitely noticing an improvement, I've just done the test and I'm not red in the face, sweating profusely or horribly out of breath.

The last set asked for 13+ and everything was going swimmingly (I may even have accidentally done an extra set of 9 in the middle when I got distracted) up until about rep 10 of the 5th set, then the next 2 were a struggle and the 13th was a real quivering struggle.  However, it was a pass, although only just.  Pretty sure Week 2 will find me out and I'll be repeating that the week after, but for now, I'm onto week 2.

Just did week 2 day 2. 4 days since day 1 for me as I've been really busy.

I did the minimum requirement of 14-16-12-12-17 but the last push up required every ounce of willpower and I was a heap of spaghetti at the end of it.

I'm hoping I can stick to this schedule next week as I'm in Nottingham. I will do my week 2 day 3 on Monday if possible.

BTW Which muscle group is becoming the most exhausted? For me it was my pecs on the initial test since they are muscles that aren't really used often but it's extremely evident with me that my triceps aren't particularly strong. Luckily I only have 11 stone to push up each time so I have an advantage over most in that respect :).

Thin.

These days us folk prefer the term "athletic" or "slim"

Same for me, Pecs on the test, triceps now.  11 stone.. errr not the same for me.  However, I have dropped down from 16 and a "big bit" to 16 and a "little bit" so more than happy with that.

By the way, if you have an android phone, this is a good app for helping you count them:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adamhos.pushups&hl=en

There are lots of others as well, but this one works well and is very simple to use. Particularly useful when you get to the later stages. It also helps to make sure you go down fully and therefore encourages better form.

I lolled

Day 3 repeat.

Test requires 11 - 15 - 9 - 9 - 13.

Managed to do 11 - 15 - 9 - 9 - 15.

That's the first time I have been able to exceed minimum requirements.

BTW, what does the age/rank thing on the initial test have to do with anything?


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The rank is just a fitness level guide. I performed 40 on my initial test but I had done a few push ups a couple of weeks before. On that occasion I got to 20 and was screwed so I gave myself a rank 3. It's just for fun me thinks.

I just completed week 2 (hooray me!). Required was 16-17-14-14-20 and I met the minimum requirements. It's very clear that my triceps are the weakest muscle, they shake on the last few push ups but at least it shows that this test is pushing you the right amount. It's really weird but after each day during the test you feel like you aren't improving but when you look how many reps you can do compared to just a week prior, it's quite incredible.

I reckon if I did the endurance test I could do 50 straight push ups now, however, my stamina isn't very good. I'm pretty good at going full out for a short amount of time but these reps are really killing me!

Good stuff guys, and agree about the conditioning.  Now the first couple of sets don't inconvenience me at all, but a couple of weeks ago, I'd have been inside out afterwards.

four weeks to our holiday so i thought id better join the party.
started in column 3 with 10,12,7,7,10 at the end. could perhaps have pushed a couple more but was aware that "form" was deteriorating.
having a plan will def help me instead of training aimlessly,missing days,cant be bothered etc.

A bio perhaps? What did you do on the initial test? Age? Weight etc?

Week 2 Day 1 asks for 14-14-10-10-15+

14-14-10-10-7 so that's a fail.  Will try day 2 and day 3 in due course, but looks like a repeat is on the cards.  Even if I have to repeat every week at least once, it would still be before Christmas, so I'll stick at it.  Losing some more weight meanwhile definitely wouldn't hurt.

You seem to be cracking on well though Simon.

Why not try day one again rather than moving on to day 2? (just curious like)

I probably shouldn't have done it this morning.  I didn't feel great when I got up and maybe should have left it a couple of hours, but once I set my mind to something, I'm not in the habit of not getting things done, so I attempted it.  Even by the end of the second set, I knew I was in trouble.

If I somehow sailed through day 2 and day 3, I might overlook day 1 and progress to week 3.  But if as is likely, day 2 is tougher still, and day 3 is way short, then I don't mind failing, it is still a lot of extra pressups under my belt.

Maybe attempting the larger reps in day 3 will make repeating day 1 seem easier.  Maybe I just like sticking to the plan as laid out.  Not really sure tbh, I don't think either way is bad, I just chose to go this way.

I agree, I was just curious.

Inspired by this. I've been working hard on eating healthier and making better food choices. Have started some gentle running and aiming to get in good enough shape to run the school cross country early next year.

I'll have a go at the initial test and get started with this. I like the idea of a group mentality and having sensible targets to work towards.

I just did the exhaustion test after just completing week 2 yesterday. My muscles are still a little sore which I knew would affect my performance but I still pumped out 40. I could have squeezed out another 5 which I know isn't the point of an exhaustion test but I want my muscles to feel good sooner rather than later because I want to get onto week 3 ASAP (I'm really enjoying this atm).

Good work fella.  The speed of improvement when doing this is definitely a motivator.  I'm starting again from week 1 as I'm keen to be able to complete that 'Bring Sally Up' challenge before the start of the season and reckon this will definitely help.

100% certain that the best way to improve at the 'bring Sally up' challenge is just to keep doing the 'bring Sally up' challenge.

Your body conditions itself for what you make it do so if you have a specific goal then just training for that has to be the way forward.

Yeah, going to do that as well. But thought a combination would be better.  Same as the best way to run faster/further is to run faster/further, but you can do a lot of other exercise and training to help with that goal.

The actual goal is to be able to lots of good quality push-ups and maintain that level.

Week 2, day 1.

Was supposed to do 14 - 14 - 10 - 10 - 15.

Could only manage 14 - 14 - 10 - 7.

So major fail, missed it by a long way.


But....












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Saturday most proberly.

How long are you taking to recover between each set Tom?  I'm allowing myself 90 seconds.. and possibly 120 seconds before the 5th set.

We aren't machines, so there will be variation in performance, you might find by Saturday you are there or there abouts.

I went for the recommended 60 seconds but I think I would have failed even at 90 seconds or more.

week 1 day 2 for me, 10,12,8,8,min 12.
just completed this but knew after the second set that it was gonna be hard. just managed the 12 on the last set but twas a stuggle.
off to do my 5km run now,hoping to get my PB to 25 mins from 26.50 over the next few weeks.

Week 2 Day 2

14-16-12-12-17+

I managed 14-16-12-12(ow ow ow)-5 :(

Im hoping that after attempting day 3, "dropping back down" to day 1 again entails a dozen or so less pressups and will be easier.

I find the 3rd set the hardest. Mentally you know you're not half way and it already begins to hurt but undoubtedly the last set is a mofo.

Week 3 day 1:

14-18-14-14-27 (20 required on last set). Pretty happy with that since I've not eaten yet today. My chest and shoulders feel almost no resistance now, it is purely my triceps being weak. However they have bulked up since starting this challenge which I am pleased with.

I think being young and fairly small has a great advantage in progressing in this challenge so hopefully this doesn't demoralise the people taking part in this challenge struggling in week 2.

FYP

Not at all. We're not competing against each other, we're testing ourselves.

I don't suppose for a moment I'll be able to do 100 push ups, but it will be fun finding out how close I can get.

Every time we go skiing from the moment we board the plane to the moment we deplane upon return we play the 'mine game' where everytime you say the word 'mine' you must drop and do 16 push-ups wherever you are (assuming it's not dangerous)

You either build up an amazing level of push-ups or the ability to not say the word mine. Usually a combination of the two.

Tip for anyone playing the game, be careful when signing along to songs in bars, 48 push-ups in a bar when half drunk and surrounded by all strangers (naturally all my friends walked off as I started) is not a good look.

Week 2, day 1. Second attempt.

14 - 14 - 10 - 10 - 15.

Just barely managed the minimum requirement, but needed an extra minute's rest before the final set. (How come a minute seems so short when you're resting, but so long when you're waiting for the microwave to ding?)

I've decided to repeat week 2 day 1 next time. I'm not strong enough to move on yet.

i reckon it's more endurance than strength especially as you're only resting 1 min between sets

Move on to day 2 Tom. When I began this I only just met the minimum requirements. By completing day 1 you are already going to be fitter and might just surprise yourself.

Week 2 Day 3.  16-17-14-14-yeah right.

Ouch.  Back on Tuesday.

Lol yeah, I really hurt after this one. You can do it!

Oh my...

Week 3 day 2. This is my first official fail, I found this one bloody tough.

20-25(swear words muttered)-15-15-23 (25 req).

On the last rep I went a little low on the 23rd push-up and didn't have the strength to lift myself up again and collapsed.

As apposed to having the burning sensation in the muscles that I had before, I now feel like the muscles are swollen and hot.

Week 2, day 2.

Fail!

Should have done  14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 17.

Best I could do was  14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 12.

Will try again on Wednesday.

You'll do it next time!

Fail! FML

Week 3 day 2 (second attempt)

Only got to 11 on my last rep this time (got to 23 last time). Think I'm only going to attempt this in two days if my muscles have completely recovered.

How low do you all get in your push ups? I've only been getting my face a good 6 inches from the ground as apposed to this:

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When I failed the first time it was because I accidentally went too close to the ground (almost face touching carpet) and couldn't get back up again. Now all this time I'm worried if I've been cheating because getting that close to the carpet makes it virtually impossible to do many reps. I do however have a knackered shoulder (have done for many years) and am worried that once it's extended that far it's incredibly weak.

I get my nose within an inch or so of the floor, occasionally it touches.

OK, this is embarrasing and i've held off posting, but looked at the thread from afar.

I did the intial test, and well lets just say im in column 1!

Ive never been phsyically strong, many years agoni was pretty fit. Have done 2 marathons in my time and played football (since first marathon, i had to stop playing football)

2nd marathon messed my knees up, so excersie since 2010 has been erm little.

So 40 years old, unfit, 14.5st, and not "musclecular" I'm going for this.

Intial test - 4.

Week 1 Day 1. Completed on Monday. Last set did the min req, i tried to do one more but couldnt.

Week 1 day 2 tomorrow (following the mon-wed-fri suggested)

Im in awe of others here. Best of luck

Starting is the hardest part. Well done and welcome aboard.

Welcome :)  Agreed, once started, it is all easy from there.. and just in case you are worried about not completing a test, I'll show you how to not complete it properly.

14-14-10-10-15+

Managed 14-14-10-10-8

Going to stay there until I can do it, for some reason even the 2nd set was tough this time.

I took a look at the Moby Flower track on youtube (bring sally up..) there was a guy nearly completed it doing handstand pushups....

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFCe1EmDVRA

Im at the " don't bring my breakfast up " push up stage. Bear with!

Then I guess doing it like that I could be stuck on week 3 for a while. I might have been taking shortcuts by not going all the way down :(.

Wow, that's impressive.

Week 1 Day 2

3-4-2-3-max (min 4)

3-4-2-3-6!!

Feels good, and found the first couple of sets a lot easier than the first day, the 4 was reasonable, then started to get harder for the last set of 3. Then i really tried with the max, struggled with 4, 5 and pushed hard for the 6th.  Pretty darn chuffed, even at these low scores.

Progress already!

WP Waz.

Week # 2.

Day # 2.

Attempt # 2.

Fail # 2.

Should have done  14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 17.

Best I could do was  14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 15 with everything quivering on the last few reps.

See y'all Friday.

I still look at it as a success Tom.  It is ~ 70 press-ups that you wouldn't otherwise have done and it must be doing you some good.

I'm definitely realising that I won't be doing this in the prescribed number of weeks, but every failed attempt is doing me some good.

Also, despite failing my attempt late last night, I feel close to zero aches today, so there is definitely progress being made.

Correctamundo!

If you whizz through this without any fails then you have already been working out regularly. I will accomplish 100 push ups if injury doesn't stop me. Something about a group of people joining in on this that makes it easier.

No chance in hell I could have done 20-25-15-15-23 push ups a month ago. I'd have died on the second rep.

some going though.  With fails smaller progress markers than advertised, in mind I assume it is wise to stick with the Mon-Wed-Fri days, and if you don't manage that day target on the first attempt, you simply, stop, and try again on the next planned day, and not sway from this.

thus the 6 weeks could become 7/8 etc.

Going to get involved to try to keep me on track. Have started this quite a few times but always get so far and stick at a certain day and then stop only to re-start when i feel the need to a month or two later.

Current position:

Level 3 week 3 day 2

14-19-14-14-19

did it last night failed to finish last set (done 14) so will be repeating the day until i achieve it and move on.


Doing it alongside the 200 sit up App.

on 18-21-20-20-23 on that one (started a week behind on it).

Be back on it on Thursday tonight is first session back on the turbo trainer now I've moved it to the garage. Ordered box set of House of Cards to watch the first 2 seasons while on the bike. Pretty much watched the whole of breaking bad on whilst cycling last year found it quite a good workout.

OK done the 14-19-14-14-19 (just)

moving on to the next day 16-21-15-15-21+ think this might take a few attempts to get past.

Week 1 Day 3

4-4-5-4-max (minimum 5)

Completed. 4-4-5-4-5

I'm amazed I can type!  Over 44% increase from Day 2 - Why, why why.  I tried for the 6th, I say tried, I went down, and never moved an mm from there!!

That hurt, and I needed at the very least the 2min in-between.  Proper shakes from 3 on the last "4" set, and the last set from 3 again.

still week 1 done!

My expectations are better than I thought, Monday will be very hard though.  But looking forward to the challenge - now I'd never thought I'd say that!

Progress~aments!  That's what it is all about.  The last couple that need shaking out are hopefully the ones that are doing you the most good.*


*Actually, over to someone who knows what they are talking about, but a gym rat that I used to know would always be telling me that it was the last couple of reps that you struggled with which were the most important ones.  Fact, or no?

I'm on some meds for something that has made me feel really lethargic and dizzy so unfortunately I am going to have to take a few days off. I imagine I will restart week 3.

discipline fail as i haven't done this since 13/8, but today was Week 1 day 3 going for 11,15,9,9,13.
was successful but a real struggle, obvious really since ive had nine days off but stubbornness got me through the last few.
off to do my 5km in an hour or so, 26.35 my PB with my last two times 27.14 and 27.21 tho last time was quicker as the phone locked and i had to mess about cos the iphone screen was dark and couldnt see to key the code in.

26.28 but hated every minute of it.

Time to join in the fun......

Having been badly injured for a good few months I'm now back at the gym and making steady progress so I'm happy I can start the push up challenge without risking injuring myself.

I managed 24 on the test so it looks like I have to start on week 3, day 1, column 2 which is 12,17,13,13,17+

Will be giving it a go tomorrow and reporting back.

Good luck everyone attempting this. Some tremendous effort being shown.

I could be wrong Matt, but I think everyone starts at week one.

Matt's got it...

More than 20 push ups? I would suggest starting the program on Week 3. Choose either Column 2 or 3 based on the number of push ups you managed in your initial test.

I was meant to do a challenge today, somehow ended up doing dips and chins in the gym, if not adversely affected by that will be back on this tomorrow.  Still feel that week 2 is going to take me a couple of weeks to build up enough to complete, but that's ok.

I suggest starting week 2 column 3.

Managed to complete week 3 day 1 reasonably well.

Managed 12,17,13,13,20 so 3 more than required on the last set.

Didn't seem too much of a problem with my arms/chest right up to the last few of the last set but I could feel myself getting out of breath after the second set. Cardio's never been my strong point so no great surprises.

Lol at day 2's 14,19,14,14,19+ requirement but I'll give it a go after a rest day tomorrow.

I did my day 1 before I read this but thanks anyway for the suggestion.

Having looked at it now it seems very similar to week 3, column 2 anyway so I can't see too much benefit.

I've been back at the gym for 6 weeks now so I think recovery from muscle fatigue shouldn't be an issue. All of the chest press exercises use very similar muscle groups (other than your core) so I'm already past the stage of aching really badly the next day. With that in mind I think pushing as hard as possible is the best way for me.

I'd be amazed if I could do this whole thing without having to drop back at some stage though. The steps seem very big between days and weeks. You never know though, somebody somewhere has worked this out and thinks it works and there's only one way to find out.

Week # 2.

Day # 2.

Column # 3

Attempt # 3.

14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 17.

Done this one at last!  ;woohoo;

Well done Tom, good going.  I'm just about to hit the deck and try Day 1 again.  Not feeling too optimistic of completing it tbf, but here goes...

Great going, good determination clearly. Feels good i bet

14-14-10-10-15

May have followed through on the last one.... onto Day 2.

Fast approaching 50 (big sigh), played Football and Rugby up until 40 and have trained 3-4 days a week for the last year or so. Tore a muscle in my back 3 months ago so just started training again yesterday. Am at least two stone heavier than I would like to be, nearly 16st, would be quite happy to be 13st something.

Just did 20 push ups, nose touching the floor, so will start day one column three tomorrow.

Good luck everyone doing this.

Welcome aboard.

August 1st:

Tom 10 - 12 - 7 - 7 - 9
Simon 10 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 6

August 24th:

Tom 14 - 16 - 12 - 12 - 17
Simon 14 - 14 - 10 - 10 - 15

From 45 up to 71 for Tom and 44 up to 63 for Simon

Absolutely amazing effort from the pair of you!!

Out of interest what is everybody doing in their 60 second rest between sets?

I'd highly recommend trying to take in some fresh air, preferably from a window, having a sip or 2 of water and also having a bit of a stretch.

Also is everybody stretching after they've finished? If not then you should be!

A simple stretch against a door frame just to stretch the chest out after all that contraction is all it takes to help recovery and make your next session much easier.

Hi Matt.

I tend to sit down and let my arms hang limp during the rest period, and then take a few really deep breaths before starting the next set.

I don't stretch afterwards, I usually just lie on the settee until I stop quivering and then make a cup of tea. Thanks for your advice, I will take it on board.

Week 2 Day 1

4-6-4-4-6

4-6-4-4-6.  I knew I'd struggle, and thought this was my first fail, although I didn't make anymore than the "at least 6" I did it.  If I'm honest, I maybe didn't go as low (around 1/2cm) than I normally have , and maybe this day was perhaps 1 or 2 inches.   

That hurt, and legs & arms proper wobbling.  Noticeable ache too now.

Never thought about what I do in the rest periods.  I just knelt, and tried to make myself remember to breathe!  Stretched in between today, and after this post, will stretch again. Kinda makes sense.

The aching feels good though, right?

good wasn't the word I was looking for! lol  but yes I know exactly what you mean.

Was going to post on exactly that subject funnily enough.  I'm taking 90 seconds between the last couple of sets, I really need that extra 30 seconds.  I'm taking a few sips of water and doing some stretches inbetween (but must remember to do after) My stretches of choice are like the yoga "downward dog" (but often on knees) or what I call "cat stretches" arching back both ways in turn and stretching out shoulders and then arm against a wall parallel to floor and turning body away from wall (no idea what thats called, but it streches out just the right part of my chest.

I'm going to try and throw a couple of visits a week to the assisted dip/chin machine in the gym.  The one where you kneel on a pad and use some counter-weights to support some of your bodyweight.  My routine is 10 dips/10 chins/10 dips/10 wide grip chins/10 dips/10 parallel grip chins.  I'm currently using the machine to take 40% of my bodyweight, so it is a good workout without being overkill (the wide grip chins I usually take an extra slice of weight off to complete as these hurt the most)

On my last pressup session, I definitely felt it was all starting to make a difference, whereas recently I was resigning myself to multiple repeats of each week.

Lol. I've been using my home made Bulgarian bags on my non push up days.

I'm not sure if it's helping or hindering.


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Just tried day 1.

Did 10, 12, 7, 7, 10 which was one more on the last rep. Struggled!

Week 3, day 2, level 2

Target 14 - 19 - 14 - 14 - 19+

Managed 14 - 19 - 14 - 14 - 21

Seriously thought after the second set that I'd have no chance of completing this today but I managed to calm myself down and just relax in to the 4th and 5th sets.

I have to admit to being totally unprepared for tonight's push ups. I've spent all day lounging around doing nothing and hadn't eaten or drank anything for about 7 hours prior to starting. I've been training for years and I know better than to train when you're depleted of energy. Very silly to even try this like that and very much a lesson learnt!!

Anyway on to day 3 which would appear to be 16 - 21 - 15 - 15 - 21+

Seems like a big step up from 80 total to 88 but I guess if the target is to get to 100 in 6 weeks you can't hang about.

Could be fun!!!

That's the hardest day out of the way. Onwards and upwards from here on in.

Good luck!!

Look at the progress you've made already! Amazing!!

In your first few weeks I really wouldn't try to do any more than the minimum requirement for your last set. You're working muscles that haven't had to do anything for quite some time so you need to build them slowly.

The key is to build a solid foundation on which you can build up to the magical 100. You won't do that if you blast out as many as possible on week one and double your recovery time or even worse injure yourself. Until the next day aches are down to pretty much nothing just focus on the minimum even if you know you could squeeze out one or two more. I promise you you'll benefit from it later.

The recovery times will get much better and in a few weeks the aches will subside much quicker and that will enable you to push that little bit harder.

Like I said it's all about building that foundation for now. Going from 4 up to 10 is going to be much harder than going from 70 to 100 I can assure you so stick with it and the rewards will come.

a question to the gym rats amongst you.  The chin/dip machine is in the free weights area.  I go in there, it is pretty quiet, couple of guys working out, couple of pretty boys fannying around, usual stuff.  About a minute after I started, someone came over and sort of stood too close, like he was in a hurry to use it.  I did my thing, then wiped down and walked off.  Next session I did, someone else came over and did the pretty much same thing.  After my first set, I said to him "if you are waiting for this, I'm gonna be 10 minutes, (very off peak time) could you use something else meanwhile?  "Grrr it's on my circuit man..."   Well, not for the next 10 minutes it isn't.

Turf wars, standard gym stuff or just a dick (me or him :D)

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I just say "how many sets you got bro", not when i'm waiting for a machine just trying to fit in.

mostly if you say they're welcome to work in they just walk off

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isnt it hilarious how many people do fuck all in the gym?

i'm not doing fuck all pleno, i'm avoiding spending time with my partner...

:)

week 2 Day 2

14-16-12-12-10

Small increase in reps from day1, but definitely makes a difference at the margin.  Will try again Thurs.

Thanks, noted and actually looking forward to the challenge tomorrow

Missed an attempt at weekend so back to it tonight.

Week 3 Day 3 16-21-15-15-21

Managed it but the last set was a massive struggle so will probably repeat the day. Not sure though, what is the perceived wisdom? Repeat till it is achieved more comfortably or continue on?

Due another go on Thursday but may be out so might just repeat once more and move up next week and try to get back into the 2 day cycle.

Just had a look at week 2 day 3 column 3.

Lol. I've got no chance.

Wish me luck. I'm going in.

I have decided to give this a go.

Ended up ranked for column 2 on week 1 and managed 6 6 4 4 10 without too many issues although the 10 at the end resulted in collapse to the floor!

Week # 2.

Day # 3.

Column # 3

Attempt # 1.

Fail!

Needed to do 16 - 17 - 14 - 14 - 20.

Managed to do 16 - 17 - 14 - 14 - 14.

This six week challenge is going to take a year at this rate, but I suppose it's all good.

Q: After the initial test, do you stay in the same column all through?

week 2 day 1
14 14 10 10 15 min

fail for me today. last set got to 7 and then did a few one at a time quitting at 11. was pausing for a few secs between each one which is also tiring.

No, after you complete week 2, you perform an exhaustion test.  The result of that test will dictate which column in week 3 you belong in.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks Simon.

I really must get around to reading the instructions one of the days.

Week 1 day 2

10 12 8 8 12

Did 10 12 8 8 12

Stupidly I did them in the Gym after a 40 minute Cardio and 40 minutes on my arms and chest. Really struggled at the end but learnt my lesson. Definitely doing them at the start of the gym session on Friday as opposed to the end.

Week 3, day 3, level 2

Requirement 16 - 21 - 15 - 15 - 21+

Achieved 16 - 21 - 15 - 15 - 25

Ridiculously happy with tonight especially as the final set was 1 more than I managed on my maximum less than a week ago!! I guess it really works!!

I knew after set 1 which was easy that I was going to manage this although at the end of set 4 I had a bit of a rethink......

I started back on a few supplements yesterday which I'm sure are worth a couple of extra reps so that may explain today. Also I've had the day off training so I was a little more rested than usual.

Definitely learnt from day 2's mistake of being depleted of energy prior to starting. Protein shake + a pint of water an hour before seemed to do the trick.

I daren't even look at week 4's requirements. Thankfully it's a few days away so no point worrying just yet.

Keep up the great work everyone!!!

You should really be doing column 3

Make your mind up!! You told me I should be doing week 2 a few days ago ;)

I'm just following the app and doing exactly as it says. My initial test told me to do column 2 so I'll stick with it for now. It's not like I'm doing loads more than the requirement so I'm happy that I'm at the correct level for now. The last set was only 4 over and it was far from easy. Maybe after next weeks test it might move me in to the next column......

Is anybody else following the app rather than the website? I've noticed that it's the same quantity requirement but it's giving some quite long breaks. Day 1 was 60 seconds, day 2 90 seconds and day 3 120 seconds!!! If it keeps this up I'll be a having a whole day between sets!!

Nah! I'm following the website and I'm getting 120 seconds (More if needed) on day 3.

Just looked on the website and it's exactly the same as the app for breaks.

I've also made the huge error of looking at the requirements for weeks 5 and 6. 45 second breaks!!!! Oh man!!!!

Lol. You could have broken it to me gently.

I don't think we need to worry Tom.

I'm assuming that by then we'll be cardio ninjas so 45 seconds will be ample.

Week # 2.

Day # 3.

Column # 3.

Attempt # 2.

Fail # 2.

Needed to do 16 - 17 - 14 - 14 - 20.

Managed to do 16 - 17 - 14 - 14 - 14.

If anything, it seemed even harder this time. I think I've hit a bit of a wall.

Week 1 day 3

11, 15, 9, 9, 13

Did 11,15, 9, 9, 20

Felt good, took the two minute breathers and only struggled on the last two push ups. Could have done a few more but was in the gym and had a few more arm reps to do so didn't push it.

Still on week 2 day 2 column 3.

Will update when I actually get it done.  Well done to everyone making progress.

After failing last time I didn't know whether to move on or not, but decided I'd try the next step Week 2 Day 2
14/16 /12/12 at least 17
Pleased to report success with 18 on the last set,an extra one done to compensate for a questionable one late on.

14-16-12-12-17

Done!

Onto week 2, day 3

Welcome to the one I can't do.

Heh Thanks Tom ~ I tried it a while back and was nowhere near, before repeating the whole week.  I'm under no illusion that I'll be here for a while, but we'll both get it cracked at some point.

I'm logging about 70 press-ups atm, to be at the business end of week 6, it is going to be 275+ press ups.  Pretty sure I'm not getting there in 4 weeks!!

Did week 2 day 1 column 3 today.

Should have had a days break but was in the gym and felt fine so went for it.

Reps were 14,14,10,10,15
Did 14,,11,10,10,15

Not sure why I missed out 3 on set 2 but will re do tomorrow.

Quiet on here?

Did day 2, week 2, column 3

14, 16, 12, 12, 17

Did 14, 16, 12, 12, 21.

I then looked at next weeks which is just LOL. This time next week I should be jumping up from 71 today to 120? Just to give me a head start I did a further 5 X 5 sets to get me up to 100 today. Feeling quite chuffed.

16-17-14-14-20

That's week 2 days 3 column 3 done.  The only dodgy bit was I had to go and answer the door after set 4, so I prolly got 2-3 mins rest in before having to do the final set.

Next up will be an exhaustion test in a day or 2, then I can lol @ the week 3 stuff.  I hope I'm not in Column 3....

I finally managed to do this one today too Simon, it was my third attempt. I was at the absolute limit of my endurance, and I had a two minute rest before the final set.

Exhaustion test next...

Been a few days since i had done this so wasn't hopeful.

Week 3 Day 3 level 2

16-21-15-15-15-21

Did:

16-21-15-15-21+5 (stood up at the 21st then went back and did another 5 as i am used to basically being done at the end).

Move up to next one on Wed.

Keep up the good work peeps.

Well done guys.  Although the future weeks look like a lot of extra reps, now that most of the pain has gone and there is a decent base to work from, I can readily believe that building up #'s quite quickly can happen.  I don't think that means we will waltz through it... but building up from 10 to 30 is probably harder than 80 to 100 ??

Also for me in particular, the extra weight is not helping, but I'm making progress as that reduces too, even if I didn't get any stronger.

Exhaustion test = 25.

Been ill for a couple of weeks and had the strength zapped out of me. Feeling a bit stronger now so looking to get back into again. Will just start at week 3 day 1 and hope that my muscles haven't atrophied!

Week 2 day 3 Column 3

16, 17, 14, 14, 20

Did

16, 17, 14, 14, 22

The two minute break between sets definitely helped on the last two. Exhaustion test up next. Did 20 first time up, would be hoping for double that now.

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After watching this gem of a video I realised that I've been making a few errors regarding to correct push up technique.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0jbubK_jU

At the start of my challenge I posted a video of me doing push-ups and people didn't really poke holes in my technique so I suspect that many of you are also making some common errors.

I'm not going to get bogged down chasing perfect form. Even world class gymnasts are happy with a score of 9.6ish.

Week # 3.

Day # 1.

Column # 2.

Attempt # 1.


Needed to do 12 - 17 - 13 - 13 - 17.

Managed to do 12 - 17 - 13 - 13 - 18.

Well done Tom, although no tougher than week 2, progress is progress.  I'm a couple of days behind but will pull my finger out later today and get the test done.

Did the exhaustion test today.

Got in the gym, did a 10 minute warm up on the running machine and then managed 30. Was quite gutted because I though I would do a lot more. Then trained for an hour, did a 10 minute warm down on the running machine and then managed 38. Go figure.

On week 3, day 1, column 3 from Monday. It looks quite difficult so I don't think I'll be completing it next week.

Test = 23.  A little bit underwhelmed with that, but at the same time, glad I;m not in the right hand column!

Haha! That's how I felt.

Moving onto week 4 today, after having completed week 3, column 3 on two separate occasions and the last being last week. This looks a tough week, posting should provide the platform I need. As for form, it will not be 100%, but lets get physical..

So asking this question again....



What do you think?

24

Suppsosed to do 21-25-21-21-max32.

Managed 22-26-22-22-max32, last push was a little ropey, no it was awful but with a few extra in the early sets I took it. I have reached a plateau and feel its going to get tougher from here.

Just started this yesterday, started with week 3 so aiming for October 1st for the 100. Few others in as well, will some blondes be getting there around that date? Group motivation always good...

Some ppl doing it without rest days, is that dumb?

anybody doing the sit up one too?

I'll probs be finished by Oct 1st....


.... 2015

Did week 3, day 1, column 3

14, 18, 14, 14, 20

Did them all but struggled. Can't see me doing day 2.

Week 3, day 1, column 2

12-17-13-13-17 asked for and got.  Felt like I could have found an extra two or three on the end, but I'll find out soon enough as day 2 asks for them!

Week 4, day 2, column 3. Just ouch.

25-29-25-25-max 36. I managed 26-30-26-26-36, with the last few reps on the last set stalling at the top. Had a tough day with other phys and my form was downright filthy on the last set. In addition, I was really out of breath following the last set and I rate my cv better than my minuscule muscles.

Keep up the good work all and keep posting!

Week 3 day 3 col3. Took 2 mins rest before the final set, which I did 28, shaking heaivily on the last couple with slight pauses at the top. Ouch indeed.

Week 3, day 2

20, 25, 15, 15, 25

Did 20, 25, 15, 13 gave up.

Massive raise from 80 to 100 to 120 on day 3 and I'm not up to it at the moment. Starting a new regime to shock my body into doing lots of press ups. 60 before going to work, 90 in the gym and then a further 60 before bed. Back to day 2 in a week.

Good luck to everyone trying this.

Been missing a few days but have had two goes at week 4 day 1 level 2 18-22-16-16-25.

Managed it last Thursday but decided to repeat it as i just did it. Didn't get back into it till yesterday, combination of being too busy (excuse i know) and lack of motivation at times. Still quite happy with the progress as I managed to do the level again. So still going to keep repeating this level till I manage to get back into the 2 day cycle.

I've not done any press ups for 2 weeks for various reasons (none of them good).

Been going great at the gym though so I doubt I'll have dropped off too much.

I can't go to the gym next week as I'm going away so I'll get back on this from Monday.

I'm going to try to jump straight back in at the start of week 4 which is where I left off. It's asking for 18 - 22 - 16 - 16 - 25+ so could be fun!!

Good luck mate. Will be really difficult to complete by October 1st but definitely possible.

I personally can't see a problem with skipping rest days if you're already reasonably fit and not aching. Would be silly for a beginner though.

Week # 3.

Day # 2.

Column # 2.

Attempt # 1.

Fail # 1.


Needed to do 14 - 19 - 14 - 14 - 19.

Managed to do 14 - 19 - 14 - 14 - 12.

It's tough now.

Week 4, day 3 column 3 done and dusted. One trick I am using is breaking the big numbers into 5s and 10s, trick the brain into thinking its not 40 in one go, its just 4 x 10s, this works for me.

Week 4 day 1- last set was at least 32 and managed 38, whereas other days I've only just managed the minimum requirement. Feeling good!

Counted them in 5s like you suggested Craig, nice tip ;)

back on the oil rig, went to gym yesterday

shoulder still injured, couldnt do a single push up (been 6 months now since i hurt it)

think i'll look at the sit up version instead and report on here

Urgh, way weaker than Saturday. Didn't finish 4th set and only did 25 for the final set when minimum was 36. Not sure what could cause this huge drop.

Was worried about my form so perhaps was dropping lower today but still just felt so much weaker than Saturday. This is going to be very tough.

Week 3 day 2 column 3.

Tried this last week and failed badly. Since, I have done at least 200 push ups a day for three days and then haven't done a thing on Sunday and Monday.

Today needed 20, 25, 15, 15, 25, did 20, 25, 15, 15, 25.

Struggled with the first 25 but I think I hadn't set up right. The last 25 was a grind so I don't think I will manage day 3 but will give it a go on Friday.

Good luck all.

sit ups test:

managed 30

so i'll be looking at starting the program in column 3, week 1 day 1

starting on thursday 18th, and intend to continue this as part of my daily routine when i'm not onboard the rig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VL16x45NnN0

Forgot how to make the youtube thingies work again.

Week 5 fail, have been working anti social hours so I was forced to do day 1 in work. Came up short in number and also the lads laughed at my technique. To do 100 in a oner I don't expect to have great form but I was still subject to 'are they just head bobbers'. The form in the you tube clip is awful, although the bloke starts with the hands underneath the shoulders and this IMO is a lot tougher than the wide arm 'bobbers'. I did mange 50 decent'ish press ups in the exhaustion test with scope of doing another 10 or so as I was not on the limit, but I guess it's start week 5 again next week for me.

SIT UPS

week 1 day 1      15,18,10,10,14+ (made 15) PASSED

rest day today, then onto day 2 saturday

considering combining some of the other options such as squats and tricep dips (if injured shoulder will allow)

might turn into a bit of a x-training routine

Week 3, day 3, column 3.

22, 30, 20, 20, 28

Did, 22, 30, 20, 20, 24

Gutted that I couldn't find another four at the end. Stood up, had ten seconds rest then went back down and did them but counting it as a failure. Having another go on Sunday.

How many burpees can everyone do?

Just got home. Developed man flu on the way bsck. Will be on this again as soon as my head is decongested enough to lift.

Week 3, day 3, column 3 attempt 2

Need 22, 30, 20, 20, 28

Did, 22, 30, 20, 20, 30

Struggled with the last few but got there.

Week 4 looks stupidly tough but I'll give it a go starting tomorrow.

Had a couple of boxercise classes last week so a bit behind, but completed week 4 day 2 today which I failed last week.

25/29/25/25/36 Collapsed on the last rep and was pausing at the top during the last ten. Happy to be improving though.

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stomach muscles only just feel up to the second day on the sit up test!!!

will be doing day 2 tonight and reporting in

Started week 4 day 1 column 3 yesterday.

Need 21, 25, 21, 21, 32

Did 21, 25 - work phone rang with a call I needed to take so spent 10 minutes on that. Back in the Gym and did 30 minutes on the Arc trainer before deciding to have another go.

Did 21, 25, 21, 21, 24.

Think I would probably have done it first time and possibly had I not gone on the Arc. Skipping having a go today, will try tomorrow.

Anyone notice a difference yet? My moobs have gone and my arms are quite a bit bigger although I have been training every day as well.

I will be on this again soon but atm I'm very very not very well with man flu.

week 4 day 3 - fail.

supposed to do 29/33/29/29/at least 40
did 29/33/29/28/36

so so hard. try again in two days.

did it this morning pre grind. boom!

bring on week 5. will do exhaustion test on october 1st i think, that was my initial target date for the 100. Not expecting to do it but will see how close I can get.

Nicely done, that's a lot of press ups in all.

Very disappointed that I've let this slip for a little bit, but have been exercising 4-5 times a week, despite been insanely busy.

Still not good enough, and will get back into it this week.

End of week 4 exhaustion test - did 64. 60 good form and the last few dodgy. Had no idea what to expect, was hoping to get closer to 80 tbh.

Might work on some other areas this week.