100 Push Up Challenge

[Anivair]

Day 2:  got through my sets without much trouble.  Closed out with 6, which felt okay. I'm finding that as long as I go slow, I can get through more than I thought. 

[Rooks]

I tried this a few months ago. For me it advanced too quickly. I repeated weeks over and over. I got to where I could do about 60 good form pushups in a row before throwing in the towel. Now I just do 4x15 when I do pushups. Sent using Tapatalk 2

 

Agreed here (as others have stated as well).  I got started at like "Week 3" since I could already do 25 when I tried this.  I think I tried Week 4 like 5 times before finally getting frustrated and giving up on it.  To be fair though, my diet sucked and that was the only form of exercise I was doing at the time (like 3 years ago).  

[Relic]

my back isn't 100% so I'm holding off for now. (waiting impaciently)

I'm probably going to do something like this

harder progression 1-2 sets, full rest

6-10+ sets of regular with short rest

I may also sub in a burpee workout sometimes to keep things interesting

[Anivair]

Today is day 3 for me.  I'll report in later. 

[Frost of the Gloaming]

so I've been wicked busy at work and at home, so I'm going to be a week behind you guys; but I did get a good swim in last night so there is that

[CrimsonTide2006]

I might have to try this, next challenge

[torpedotor]

Day 2 in the books and onto Day 3 tomorrow. Days 1 and 2 were rough, so I'm sure Day 3 will be just as fun.

[Anivair]

Day 3 was rough.  I got through it, but the last set I only went one above the prescription. 

[torpedotor]

That's okay. For days 1-3 I haven't gone about the minimum on the final set. And I've had to break it up into 3-4 parts (with short five-second breaks) on that last set, too. Congrats, though! One week down.

[Relic]

here's my plan for now...

workout A

do a near max set (let's call it X reps)

rest one minute

then on the minute for 15 minutes

sets of X÷5

workout B

on the minute for 12 minutes

sets of X÷3

1-3 days rest between workouts

I'll reset X anytime I repeat workout A (goal +1 minimum)

I plan on doing this for the next few weeks to see how it goes

so far I finished A and B once. felt good

[Anivair]

Yesterday was day 4.  Rougher, but still keeping up.  Finished one above my set limit. 

[Brock Samson]

I'm in! starting Monday.

[Nanashi]

I read everything and take a look at the site www.cool-shortcut-to-my-goal.com www.hundredpushups.com and i really want to give it a shot and make it happen, i will organize myself to try the intial test and see what will become from this...

Yesterday was day 4.  Rougher, but still keeping up.  Finished one above my set limit.

I urge you to keep up the good work, shortly i too will be following to help and support you, "Alone you march faster, but together we conquest further".

[jfreaksho]

I used that program to go from about 64 reps in two minutes to 75 or so.  The other thing that really really helped me was doing lower numbers of aussie pullups to balance out the pushing.

 

A few other things:

Start at a lower level than you think you need to.

Doing the "max" reps until failure will burn you out a bit quicker.  I recommend doing more sets rather than fatiguing yourself.

If you break them up throughout the day, you can get the workout done twice without really impacting recovery time.

[Brock Samson]

what is an aussie pullup?

[Brock Samson]

found a video

 

[torpedotor]

Well, day's 5 and 6 were good. Really tough, but pretty good. These days were both lower reps in more sets (except for the max set at the end). I know I'll be seeing a lot of improvement at the end of this, even if I don't make it to the hundred.

 

I used that program to go from about 64 reps in two minutes to 75 or so.  The other thing that really really helped me was doing lower numbers of aussie pullups to balance out the pushing.

 

A few other things:

Start at a lower level than you think you need to.

Doing the "max" reps until failure will burn you out a bit quicker.  I recommend doing more sets rather than fatiguing yourself.

If you break them up throughout the day, you can get the workout done twice without really impacting recovery time.

 

Ha. I definitely should have started one week lower than I did.

I'm thinking if I broke them up throughout the day, I wouldn't see as much progress in the endurance aspect of the challenge. Since the challenge is to do 100 in a row, I would think breaking up the sets throughout the day wouldn't prepare my muscles for the torment they'll be going through on test day. Just a thought.

[Anivair]

Days 5 and 6 went really well.  5 was actually a great day.  I felt like I could have gone on way longer.  day 6 was a little rough, but I got through it all.  At the very least my max is going up fast. 

[torpedotor]

To be honest, tomorrow (day 7) is gonna be rough. Really rough. I'm debating between going through with day's 7-9 (which is the last week of the program) or restarting back at week 4 and re-doing weeks 4 and 5 to better prepare myself for week 6. I have the time to do this week, then go back and do all three weeks over, but this week looks like a killer...

[Anivair]

that happens during this program.  Don't forget that you can test at any point to see if you're ready.  Also, if you can't get through day 7, just bow back a week.  No big deal.  Maybe do them twice a day on those days if you want to build volume. 

[torpedotor]

Hmm. I hadn't considered doing two-a-days. That sounds pretty good. I think I'll finish out this week, and then go back and start again at week 4, maybe doing some in the morning, then the full one at night. (Today was tough, but I got through it.)

[Anivair]

Day 7. Holy ouch. That crushed me, but I finished. This week will be rough.

[Anivair]

Holy crap, I obliterated today.  The rest of the week whooped me, but today I kicked ass.  I attribute it to being outside. 

[Relic]

outstanding! Sometimes you just have to be patient and stick through the rough patches.

My training has been on pause but I should be back at it soon.

I'm thinking of supersetting with pull-ups to get a little more bang for my workout buck.

[Silver Hawk]

Challenge accepted