I challenge you to One Hundred Pushups

I'm sure a few of you out there are familiar with the 100 press up challenge on the web. If not it's basically a simple training program designed to get you doing 100 press ups within 6 weeks.

Personally I've never been motivated enough to keep it up, but as a few other people have expressed interest on the 15,000 push ups thread I thought we could give it a group effort. It definitely seems to be a huge psychological push so (hopefully) the more the merrier!

So a pretty simple proposition, take a shot at the program and see if you can make it to the other side. Even if you think you can't do that many press ups, give it a try - you'll be surprised how quickly you make progress.

And to the people who think this is too easy, try doubling the numbers or really slowing your press ups down!

You can find the website at this link.
one hundred push ups




My Progress so far

Intial test: 21 push ups

This means I started on week three and on day 1 I achieved 17 on the maximum reps test.

Bit disappointing but I'll keep at it!

http://www.dreamviews.com/f80/lets-d...ushups-108738/

We have a thread like this already.

I know, this is something different, check out the site :)

A couple of people in that thread showed interest in doing it so I thought I'd get things started.

If it is too similar then I'll be embarassed as hell, but I'll admit defeat.

The only differences are that it is individual, it is a different number of them, and there is a time limit. Pretty similar. :|

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Originally Posted by Snowboy

The only differences are that it is individual, it is a different number of them, and there is a time limit. Pretty similar. :|

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If you don't want to do it then fair enough, but as I said a few people expressed interest in trying to achieve a more personal feat.

Yeah, it's pretty different. This is doing 100 at once and working towards being able to do it. My max today was 29.

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Originally Posted by Snowboy

http://www.dreamviews.com/f80/lets-d...ushups-108738/

We have a thread like this already.

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This.

lol, for the third time today, clearly not 'this'.

This thread is about discussing personal development, it's not related to the group thread which is basically a bit of fun.

I did the program for a couple of weeks or so but I could clearly see it wouldn't work because the numbers increased much faster than my performance did.

Basically what I do now is do pushups to exhaustion three times (my muscles get worn out pretty quick, each consecutive time I will have to give up about 2/3 earlier), every other day. This seemed to be working pretty steadily although I haven't done it for a couple of months, I'll have to get back on it.

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Originally Posted by Xei

I did the program for a couple of weeks or so but I could clearly see it wouldn't work because the numbers increased much faster than my performance did.
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I feel the same way but I'm gonna give it a try anyway.

Xei and stonedape - It'll be interesting to see how well it works out, the website does seem to pay little attention to detail. But I'm determined to stick to the program, even if it takes longer, just to prove to myself that I can do it.

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Originally Posted by riverboy

If it is too similar then I'll be embarassed as hell, but I'll admit defeat.

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Aww, I don't know why I found that statement cute. :content:

Nah bro I think you're good to go. Contextually it's similar to the 15k thread but for intents and purposes, the thread is different.

Besides people, lay up a bit k? So what if some threads are similar in nature? Fitness and Health doesn't get that much action anyway and far be it from any one of us to discourage healthy activity within the forum.

Anyway, I'm more focused on my core and abdominal region but I'll try to jump on board.

I might, but I usually do pushups everynight, so won't follow the program

I will, however, strive to get to 100 PU's at once though. See if my method will work

I can get up to 40-50 in one shot, but it's too much and do less for every rep after. Need to find a sweet spot

Plus, I do them during commercials, so I have 10mins of rest in between sets

Just did week 3 day 2 and it's killing me, I'm so unfit!

I did 14, 19, 14 and 14 then maxed out at 19 on the last set. Still, I probably would have skived it if it wasn't for this thread, so it's working out for me!

Took a few days off and I couldn't even do the next day even though it was less than what I was maxing before, max today was 20, though I did that 3 times.

Might try this since my record for push-ups are 12 girly ones (on your knees). My brother likes to make fun of me because he's a royal marine and can do like a gazillion at once. Luckily I have sit-ups to prove I'm not a complete weakling when it comes to bodyweight exercises.

So, maybe I'll do the program starting with half push ups, then do it again with full push-ups.

From 0-100! Let's see if that ever happens...

I guess I can try this again. This was my goal a few months ago and I almost got there. I did 100 with a few 5-10 second breaks collapsed on the floor but then never tried for the 100 again and got lazy and quit a week or so later. I found that doing consistent reps was getting me farther than switching the numbers around like that program asks for. I started with reps of 20, then 25, and then bumped it way up to 50. I'll see how many I can do when I get home from school.

Alright just cranked some out, my max right now is: 53

I have a ways to go :P

61 before I collapsed. If I can keep motivated (that's a big if) I should be able to get to 100 before we all get to 15000.

Awesome thread, I could sure use this for my own motivation haha.
Just knocked out 62 before collapsing.... well I took a few seconds of break at 50, so I wonder if that doesn't count? I didn't check the link
I wonder if we could include sit ups in this too

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Just knocked out 62 before collapsing....

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:pissed:You just had to do one more didn't you.
I take a couple seconds to take a few deep breaths at the top when I need it.

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Originally Posted by LikesToTrip

:pissed:You just had to do one more didn't you.
I take a couple seconds to take a few deep breaths at the top when I need it.

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same, I think it still "counts", but I'm more or less hoping I can do 100 non-stop by the end of the year, just so I can feel like I'm actually in shape for once.

Hahahaha wow, I didn't even realize I had done just one more than you, LtT. How odd.
And well yeah, I'm guessing they can be counted "in a row" as long as you don't get off your arms during the set. The resting position was just my arms straight, but still holding my body up, so it counts. I'm kind of excited to see if this actually takes me anywhere

It still counts as long as you maintain proper form throughout the whole thing. I had to stop and catch my breath a few times at the end because I was cranking them out really fast.

Yea, speed helps immensely. You don't get quite as much out of each one, but you can do a lot more.

True that. When I'm working out I like to do them nice and slow on the way down, then explode up. After about 20 of those I get that nice biceps burn. Then I chug a few raw eggs, put on my gray hoodie, and head down to the local slaughterhouse to punch some meat.

Never heard the term press up. Is it British English? Anyway, this sounds healthy. I haven't done anything like it since my high school ROTC days. Maybe I will try.

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Originally Posted by KickinBird71

Just knocked out 62 before collapsing....

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65 today. I wonder if that's improvement physically or mentally? (Actually I doubt one day can really have an affect on your strength, most likely just will)

Did you do any yesterday after that initial 62? I did a total of 250 yesterday. I wasn't planning on doing any today but after you posted this I really wanted to do 66. Ended up collapsing at 60 though. I was too worn out from yesterday. :pissed:

Tomorrow I'm taking both of you down. I'm gonna strip naked so that I cut down on weight, and i'll have eaten some energy bars and a coffee.

Lol, how many did you do today Raphael? You never posted a total.
EDIT: Oh was your post today referring to yesterdays 53?

Oh I didn't try it again today, but yesterday I posted 53. :P

Yea I went back through the posts and saw that after i posted. :doh:

No I never did any more than those 62 haha. And just now I did my 65 so... well it's 11pm I doubt I'll be doing any more today. I didn't even think to
And Raphael, you go ahead and try hahaha

Haha I'm so jealous of how many you guys can do! Are you doing them quite quickly though? Cos I make mine relatively slow and hold at the lowest point.

Spockman, I'm British yeah so that may be where the confusion came from :)

And I haven't made any progress at all the last few days as I've had the flu, hoping to start again tomorrow night though!

The first time I heard the term "push up" I was like "lkdjrfgjh??? You mean press up right?"

Brits FTW.

Now, I'm going to see how many I can do and then get back to this thread.

EDIT: Ahem... I done a very meager 8 press ups... Meh.

And the funny thing is that my arms are gonna be killing me tomorrow :lol:

100 in a row, holy shit. :lol:

I've done plenty of pushups in my life, and can manage about 40 consecutively atm (not as much as I used to be able to).

I'm totally gonna give this a go!

How much xp do I get per push up?

50 points, but it depletes your energy level by 5 points per push-up and leaves you vulnerable to attacks.

Well, I got improved uncanny dodge as a bonus feat so even when prone I get my Dex bonus to AC. The vulnerability isn't a problem. And I'll drink plenty of elixirs to keep my energy up.

68! w00t w00t!

I can't seem to do week 3 day 3, I just keep psyching myself out or something. I'm gonna go back and start from week three day one again. Max 20 today.

Stonedape, how many reps of 20 can you do? When I started I would do as many reps of 20 as I could in a day, and I'd try to do more reps everyday. I think you'll get a lot more out of it doing a lot of reps rather then only doing 5 like the program wants.

Maybe 8 at one time. I wanna try sticking with the program a bit, just to see if I can do it but I'll try that if it doesn't work oout, it sounds to me like a better way to build muscle. Maxed 30 today. I think another problem I have is that I'm not used to pushing myslef physically anymore, I've been fairly inactive for years.

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Originally Posted by stonedape

I can't seem to do week 3 day 3, I just keep psyching myself out or something. I'm gonna go back and start from week three day one again. Max 20 today.

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I managed to pull that one off today but I did take an extra 30 seconds between sets cos I was a bit busy. I don't know if this will work for you but i try to concentrate on my wrists, otherwise I get caught up in my head and give up.

@Raspberry You're probably in the best place to see improvement right now. When you start from the very beginning at any exercise like this the results come in pretty quickly at first, so keep it up! :)


I'm glad this caught on with so many people at so many different levels, good luck to all of you!




Today's progress

Week 3 Day 3

16, 21, 15, 15 and maxed out at 22 (could have done more but was in a rush!)

I've been doing the far right column, theres something about doing 30 or more that psyches me out so I did 30 today just to do it. I'll try focusing on my wrists, I usually focus on my arms around the elbows, I do notice that if I don't concentrate on my body I can't do nearly as many.

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I've been doing the far right column, theres something about doing 30 or more that psyches me out so I did 30 today just to do it. I'll try focusing on my wrists, I usually focus on my arms around the elbows, I do notice that if I don't concentrate on my body I can't do nearly as many.

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Yeah I know what you mean, not quite sure why the wrists work for me. I find that if I don't do that it feels like more of an effort on my whole body though.

69 Slowly gettin' there, was hopin' for 70 though.

Topped out at 50 today, on my knuckles.

71 still improving! I tried to do some on my knuckles, but I'm doing them on concrete. Concrete+knuckles=pain

Wow impressive stuff people! I'm completely useless when it comes to knuckles!

I started week 4 of the program today and it killed me!

I think it was 18, 22, 16, 16 and I just about pushed myself to 25 for the last set. It gets easier to push yourself once you know it's possible I think!

I spoke to soon, failed week 4 day 2. But achieved 96 in the space of about 6 minutes (4 sets total)

How's everybody else doing?? Keep it up!

I haven't really been keeping up on it, I think I'm gonna go back to doing sets of 20 for a while. I've been doing at least 5 sets a day and just seeing how many I can do. I think I'm gonna do that for a while then start upping it by incriments of 5.

Yeah I'm a bit stuck on one of the days, it's probably just a mental block but I think devising my own plan might work a bit better.

Plus I'm spending so much time studying at the moment that exercise (and lucid dreaming) is quite difficult right now.

How's everyone else doing?

Today I topped out at 60, an all time best for me.

Well done Raphael! I'm on a bit of hiatus cos I'm having relationship troubles and exams. Guna get back on it asap!!

I'm pretty much giving up with the official website but I'm gonna keep at it, just at a slower pace.

Thanks riverboy. Hey stonedape, strap on a pair of nuts.

Oh, did the velcro come undone again? Hehehe

I'm not really slowing my pace, I'm just gonna do sets of 20 this week then try to increase it by 5 every week. Do at least 5 sets everyday, maybe rest one day a week. That's kinda what I was doing before, I'd do sets of 10 though wasn't really trying to increase the number per set, just the total.

I just don't like the way the guy has the numbers set up, it's too jumpy.

Man, did this thread die or something? I've been busy the last couple weeks pretty much giving up on lucid dreaming and this excersice routine. But I'm gonna bring it back! Haha 70 push ups just now, except that I'm at work so I had to stop every time someone came in asking for life jackets and stuff. Later tonight I'm gonna do it again but without stopping and see where I'm at. Does anyone else wanna keep this up with me or are we all burned out hahahaha

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Man, did this thread die or something? I've been busy the last couple weeks pretty much giving up on lucid dreaming and this excersice routine. But I'm gonna bring it back! Haha 70 push ups just now, except that I'm at work so I had to stop every time someone came in asking for life jackets and stuff. Later tonight I'm gonna do it again but without stopping and see where I'm at. Does anyone else wanna keep this up with me or are we all burned out hahahaha

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Sorry man, I've been dormant on these forums for quite a while. I was busy with exams and then when they finished nearly split up with my girlfriend :/ So got a little sidetracked lol!!
I'm getting on it as soon as I wake up tomorrow and I'll try post a little more often.

Seems we're all a little lazy haha XD Definitely want to achieve this though!!