So I came across this site by way of a former co-worker: hxxp://hundredpushups.com/

I did the initial test and ground out 14 pushups, not exactly a satisfactory result. So, I'm going to take the challenge.

Anyone else up for it?

I am game. I'll do the test tonight.

I'll try the test tonight as well.

I can already do 100 consecutive push ups ;)

I can already do 100 consecutive push ups ;)

good ones, right? all the way down and back up, right? ;)

Just saying cause you'd be surprised how many people say they can do a ton and finally they are simply doing a tiny flex of the arms and not doing all the way down...

I just hate push ups. Used to want to die at about 15 but I can now do at least 30. I'll do the test tonight and have already printed out the complete program.

FM

I can already do 100 consecutive push ups ;)

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Just kidding, that's impressive!

good ones, right? all the way down and back up, right? ;)

Just saying cause you'd be surprised how many people say they can do a ton and finally they are simply doing a tiny flex of the arms and not doing all the way down...

I just hate push ups. Used to want to die at about 15 but I can now do at least 30. I'll do the test tonight and have already printed out the complete program.

FM

yeah, my baseball coach in high school was an ex-drill Sargent and we made us do REAL push ups. Ever since high school I've always workout / try to do at least 500 push ups and crunches a day.

yeah, my baseball coach in high school was a ex-drill Sargent and we MADE us do real push ups. Ever since high school I've always workout / try to do at least 500 push ups and crunches a day.

well, that is very, very impressive. Ladies doing crunches easily and apparently without suffering is not unseen, but pushups usually kill them... ;)

One thing I hate is when our karate instructor is counting situps/crunches to the beat of the fastest in the group. I sometimes end up doing one every two. :lol:

FM

I'm in...I'll do the initial test tonight.

I'll give it a go.

This was on another site a while ago, and it wasn't even sportsdigs. ;)

I am starting my 5th week, though will be doing week 3 for the third time. I repeated week 3 once, did good enough that I think I could move onto week 4, but figured I would repeat week 3 one more time just to put my numbers over the top.

Although I may have to delay things some now. I messed up my ankle Saturday, and just now getting to walk on it more.

I am entering my fifth week doing the challenge. Today I did 141 pushups over five sets for the week 5, day 1 workout. When I first started, I did 14 pushups.

I have done two stress tests so far, one after week 2 (did 32 consecutive pushups) and one after week 4 (did 50 consecutive pushups). I definitely feel a lot stronger and am able to do more pushups by following the challenge. My only gripe so far is that the final set every day is "as many as you can" and the suggested total (more than 40 for week 5, day 1) is usually far more than I can manage after doing the first four sets of the day.

Oh, and I use Joe's Goals (http://www.joesgoals.com) to track my progress.

I'm on the Tenacious D program...

"One is all you need."

I am entering my fifth week doing the challenge. Today I did 141 pushups over five sets for the week 5, day 1 workout. When I first started, I did 14 pushups.

I have done two stress tests so far, one after week 2 (did 32 consecutive pushups) and one after week 4 (did 50 consecutive pushups). I definitely feel a lot stronger and am able to do more pushups by following the challenge. My only gripe so far is that the final set every day is "as many as you can" and the suggested total (more than 40 for week 5, day 1) is usually far more than I can manage after doing the first four sets of the day.

Oh, and I use Joe's Goals (http://www.joesgoals.com) to track my progress.

Thanks that Joe's Goal is an awesome tool great idea.

I'm up for this - keep meaning to do some exercise again, so this will at least give me some structure and a relatively short exercise time.

Just done the initial test - 17, which was a poor move looking at where the break is. Wish I'd have quit at 14 now ;)

I haven't tried yet, but do you guys let your chest hit the ground? Or just make sure you go really low?

Really low. Chest hitting the ground is no good IMO.

I haven't tried yet, but do you guys let your chest hit the ground? Or just make sure you go really low?

Ya I usually try to get my chest right down, although I've found that if I'm as straight as I think I should be it seems my stomach contacts a little bit first :)

Starting tonight . . . .

This begs for a dynasty thread.

I'm up for this - keep meaning to do some exercise again, so this will at least give me some structure and a relatively short exercise time.

Just done the initial test - 17, which was a poor move looking at where the break is. Wish I'd have quit at 14 now ;)

I stopped at 15 - just above the break between level 2 and 3. Ugh.

:)

Really low. Chest hitting the ground is no good IMO.

I think it depends on how you define 'hitting'. I think if you're just feeling it touch then that's good, it's if you start to put weight on it that you're going into the no good zone.

I'm up for this - keep meaning to do some exercise again, so this will at least give me some structure and a relatively short exercise time.

Just done the initial test - 17, which was a poor move looking at where the break is. Wish I'd have quit at 14 now ;)

I stopped at 15 - just above the break between level 2 and 3. Ugh.

:)

It should be noted that the ranks listed in the initial test curiously have no bearing on the actual exercise plan. I think they are just there for fun or something.

I'm going to take the test in 15 minutes, i'm sure i'm going to disappoint myself as i used to be very good at pushups, so this will be the perfect chance to start to get in shape again.

It should be noted that the ranks listed in the initial test curiously have no bearing on the actual exercise plan. I think they are just there for fun or something.

yes, and they state that on the website. The real mark to have an effect on the number of repetitions is 10 pushups on the initial test, but if you do lower than that simply to have an easier workout afterwards, you are simply cheating yourself imo...

fwiw, based off the animation on their website, the guy doesn't seem to be touching the ground, but he sure does go quite low...

FM

yes, and they state that on the website. The real mark to have an effect on the number of repetitions is 10 pushups on the initial test, but if you do lower than that simply to have an easier workout afterwards, you are simply cheating yourself imo...

fwiw, based off the animation on their website, the guy doesn't seem to be touching the ground, but he sure does go quite low...

FM

Agreed on the cheating yourself part, and that's where I think I like having my chest touch slightly comes in. It's pretty easy to convince yourself you are lower than you are, or to slowly over the course of a session degrade the quality of your pushups. By forcing my chest to touch each time I know that I'm doing my best with every one (so long as I don't put weight on it, but I find it easier to judge that and avoid slip-ups than the 'ya I think I'm low enough' alternative).

Ok, 18 that is more than what i initially thought as i was tired at 10, but then made use of my old pain resistance from my youth years of being a gym rat to do the extra 8.

I used to be good at this, being my record 53 pushups in 60 seconds when i was at the military academy (15 years ago), but i have always had an strong chest and grew fast with training compared with the rest of my body and worked out at the gym for years (haven't in 4 years or so).

Big advice, warm up before doing it as you can damage your shoulders pretty bad.

Btw, this is the beginning of a weight loss/getting in shape dynasty i'll start to write later tonight (had it planned for the end of September but will start it now after this test).

This is awesome that so many people are 'signing up'! I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for all the keyboards we're going to be hammering away on with our extra strong upper bodies! Post-counts will take a dip for a few weeks as we all need to replace keyboards and mice! Soon FOFC will be challenging other boards to pushup-offs and tug-o-wars!

Initially starting boot camp I could do handle about 60 pushups routinely. By the 5th week, I know I could do 100 because at one point I had to as a punishment.

At my last PT test about 2 years ago I did 57 I believe in 2 minutes.

I'd probably be lucky to crank out 25 good ones right now, though.

i did 41

I just hate push ups. Used to want to die at about 15 but I can now do at least 30. I'll do the test tonight and have already printed out the complete program.


ok, I guess my usual 30 weren't as strict as the 24 I just did, heh... :)

So 24 is my starting point then.

I agree with Fidatelo, nice to see so many people jumping in. I've got my schedule all worked out. Wednesday/Friday/Sunday it'll be for me. :)

I do know I'll do many crunches and at least 25 more at the end of my cardio routine in karate class tonight, ending with 10 seconds with the chest at about an inche from the floor. These are usually the longest 10 seconds of the class... ;)

FM

I've got my schedule all worked out. Wednesday/Friday/Sunday it'll be for me. :)
FM

I think I'll be going Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday, which will be the off days from my normal Monday/Wednesday/Sunday runs.

I do not intend to do crunches. Maybe after I'll find some kind of 100 crunches program or something :)

If you guys are going to be trying to stick to a schedule, do not forget to figure in that after two weeks you need to test again, and that you may want to take schedule that. You also test after week 4 and 5 I believe. The web page suggests to take a day off before testing and a day off after testing, or something like that.

If you guys are going to be trying to stick to a schedule, do not forget to figure in that after two weeks you need to test again, and that you may want to take schedule that. You also test after week 4 and 5 I believe. The web page suggests to take a day off before testing and a day off after testing, or something like that.

test after week 2 and week 4 from what I've read. I'll probably simply do the test on one of the usual training day and push the week one day forward. It's not like I'm on the clock or anything... ;)

FM

I can do about 80 in a minute and a half. Good ones. Here's a tip: keep your head up. A common mistake is looking down while you're doing them. It will prevent you from going down all the way since you'd hit your head if you actually did go down all the way.

We started doing this at TSW a week or two ago, and people are really excited over it. I think the ability to do this as a group, even via message board, has greatly helped. I know I have a hard time getting myself motivated by myself...but with others doing it, and showing that they're growing like me (or struggling like me), it's a big help.

I'll give this a try too. I used to be able to do 40-50, but that high school when I was 60-80 pounds lighter and playing sports most of the time. I also used to be able to do 50 sit ups in a minute and run the mile in 6 minutes.

I miss being in shape....

dola,

Are there any other type of challenges like this? I know about the Couch-To-5K program that my foot decided was a bad idea (it still hurts at times, I probably should go to a doctor to have it looked at), and one in which people walk the distance that Frodo did in LOTR. I haven't seen any other ones.

I always do 3 sets of 25, but I think I can do 100 in one shot. I'll try later when I'm not so sleepy.

dola,

Are there any other type of challenges like this?

As you mentioned, the Couch to 5K is a good one for beginning runners. I looked for a similar challenge for situps and couldn't find one, so I think I'm just going to start one and just follow the numbers given in this challenge as a guide.

I got 17. Looking at the rest of the weeks, it seems like as long as you got over 10, you're in that last set of exercises...??

I got 17. Looking at the rest of the weeks, it seems like as long as you got over 10, you're in that last set of exercises...??

Yep, that's why the rank is kind of goofy.

I'll give this a try too. I used to be able to do 40-50, but that high school when I was 60-80 pounds lighter and playing sports most of the time. I also used to be able to do 50 sit ups in a minute and run the mile in 6 minutes.

I miss being in shape....

A mile in 6 minutes is quite good! I did a "Learn to Run" clinic in the spring (basically couch-to-5k) and have been keeping at it all summer, with my best 5k times averaging around 7.5 minutes/mile. I've never tried just running 1 mile as fast as I could, but I don't think I'd get much under 7 minutes. You must have been fast!

A mile in 6 minutes is quite good! I did a "Learn to Run" clinic in the spring (basically couch-to-5k) and have been keeping at it all summer, with my best 5k times averaging around 7.5 minutes/mile. I've never tried just running 1 mile as fast as I could, but I don't think I'd get much under 7 minutes. You must have been fast!

That was after a season of football and a season of basketball when I was a 160 pound high school freshman. Football was a lot of running and a lot of weights, basketball was a lot more running but not as many weights, so by then I was in great shape and used to running a lot every day. Sprinting, I've always been slow as hell, but I was always great at long-distance, endurance tests.

Well, that is before I got to college and started smoking, drinking heavily and gained a lot of weight. :)

Yep, that's why the rank is kind of goofy.

well, as they explain, the rank is more as a mean of comparison with other people, like friends, coworkers, fellow message board members ;)

FM

I got 17. Looking at the rest of the weeks, it seems like as long as you got over 10, you're in that last set of exercises...??

It looks like after 2 weeks, you do another test and then reassign yourself a column. And then again after 4 weeks. So if you do over 10, you are not necessarily in the last column.

For instance, if after 2 weeks, you can only do 22 at one time, you'd then go to the middle column according to the chart.

EDIT: Before weeks 3, 5 and 6 it says "pick the appropriate column depending on your latest test results"

I just had soccer practice with my girls and I'm tired, but that doesn't excuse my measly 14. :eek:

Thanks for the link, I'll start tomorrow and do a Tues/Thurs/Sat schedule to begin. Should work in well with 3 days of soccer practice.

I'm going to give this a go tonight. I'll be surprised if I can do 20. I've never done any weights training or anything in my entire life - all cardio.

i did 16 and stopped...my elbows and shoulders sounded like a box of rice crispies.

I'm sure that during my life I've accumulated that many....

It looks like after 2 weeks, you do another test and then reassign yourself a column. And then again after 4 weeks. So if you do over 10, you are not necessarily in the last column.

For instance, if after 2 weeks, you can only do 22 at one time, you'd then go to the middle column according to the chart.

EDIT: Before weeks 3, 5 and 6 it says "pick the appropriate column depending on your latest test results"

yup, you're right, there's a test mentionned at the end of the week 5 text (http://hundredpushups.com/week5.html).
"Surprise, surprise, it's time for another exhaustion test. Week 4 was tough one, and if you've made it this far, you're getting close to reaching your goal. If you're able to perform more than 45 consecutive push ups, feel free to move on to Week 6 (http://hundredpushups.com/week6.html). Couldn't quite manage 45? No problem, just repeat the week and you should be ready to go after another three workout days. Good luck!"

FM

Just managed 20 good ones.

One thing I'm not entirely clear on: Are you supposed to avoid doing other weight / strength training on your "off" days? It tells you to rest on your days off, but I'm not sure what that means.

Any thoughts?

Just managed 20 good ones.

One thing I'm not entirely clear on: Are you supposed to avoid doing other weight / strength training on your "off" days? It tells you to rest on your days off, but I'm not sure what that means.

Any thoughts?

Exercise your legs on those off days

Just did my 23, I'm going to give this a try- I'd be incredibly impressed with myself if I ever did 100 in a row.

Just managed 20 good ones.

One thing I'm not entirely clear on: Are you supposed to avoid doing other weight / strength training on your "off" days? It tells you to rest on your days off, but I'm not sure what that means.

Any thoughts?

I get the impression that this is targeted at people who do not normally work out. As long as you don't over do it, I would do the push ups on the days you already do weight training, just basically sub out one or two things you do for arms/chest.

I plan to add this to the days I lift, I'm just going to stop doing my usual sets of bench presses and inclined bench presses on my torso days. I doubt I'll need to stop doing anything on my arms and legs days. (Two days a week, I target torso/chest muscles, 2 days a week I do arms and legs. I was doing a full body workout 3 days a week, but I switched to this after awhile since I read that you aren't supposed to stick to the same workout routine for too long.)

And I'm sure your good to do cardio on your off days (which is something I need to start doing again).

Initial test = 14

Got some work ahead of me.

i'm in - 15.

Fifteens are wild...I'm in.

I'm giving it a try also. Initial test was 31.

Anybody else is shore today after yesterday's test?

I did my initial 18 and then decided to try again, ending doing 15 more. My chest is sore today, kind of sad after such little training :(

Anyway this encourages me even more, i can't be this out of shape.

My entire upper torso is sore :( So sad after so small an exertion.

Just managed 20 good ones.

One thing I'm not entirely clear on: Are you supposed to avoid doing other weight / strength training on your "off" days? It tells you to rest on your days off, but I'm not sure what that means.

Any thoughts?

I get the impression that this is targeted at people who do not normally work out. As long as you don't over do it, I would do the push ups on the days you already do weight training, just basically sub out one or two things you do for arms/chest.

I plan to add this to the days I lift, I'm just going to stop doing my usual sets of bench presses and inclined bench presses on my torso days. I doubt I'll need to stop doing anything on my arms and legs days. (Two days a week, I target torso/chest muscles, 2 days a week I do arms and legs. I was doing a full body workout 3 days a week, but I switched to this after awhile since I read that you aren't supposed to stick to the same workout routine for too long.)

And I'm sure your good to do cardio on your off days (which is something I need to start doing again).

I agree with sab on this. I don't do weights but I do take karate lessons, somtimes up to three times a week (Mon/Tues/Sat) and I certainly don't plan to stop those, even if they usually all include pushups anyway...

FM

and yeah, my torso is kinda sore. As I said though, I also had karate last night and we did some more pushups with that dreaded 10 seconds stand at the end and then some punches which, like it or not, add up to the movement made by the upper body...

FM

I'm in.

I just started a push-up routine of a sort a few weeks back. I was doing "50 push ups" every morning. Only about 15-20 of those were regular push-ups, the rest were "knee" push-ups.

I started the "hundred pushups" program this morning.

So far, so good...

I'm just a tad bit sore today after yesterday's test. I was going to start on the plan today, but will stretch my arms and shoulders out a bit this morning and see how I feel first.

I'm just a tad bit sore today after yesterday's test. I was going to start on the plan today, but will stretch my arms and shoulders out a bit this morning and see how I feel first.

+1, this is exactly how I feel today.

My chest is sore. I hope it's fine to start the plan tomorrow.

I was doing 3 sets of 25 a few times a week all summer. So I did have a bit of a head start.

I did 20 this morning. So, it looks like my first day will be Thursday.

My chest is sore. I hope it's fine to start the plan tomorrow.

I think the idea is generally to take a day off between every round, including the tests. I didn't really think I'd need to after just doing the initial test, but this morning I'm not so sure. I think I'll fight through and start today anyways, but only because I want to do a tues/thurs/weekend program and I don't feel like waiting until thursday to start.

Just did my 23, I'm going to give this a try- I'd be incredibly impressed with myself if I ever did 100 in a row.

absolutely, it's a big goal for me but heck, I'm simply looking at day 3 of week 3 with its reps of 30/22/22/20 and at least 27 to finish and I'm already nervous about that one...

FM

i did 41
Putting a Jessica Simpson poster underneath you is cheating.

Thanks for the feedback, Sab. I'll use the off days to work on my chicken legs and pathetic cardio.

I cheated and did my test in the morning and started the regimen later last night. Too impatient . . . .

I agree that it's a bit intimidating to look a few weeks ahead -- I'm going to try to avoid doing that.

This

I think this seems like a really good thing, but I'm trying to decide if I'm too intimidated to start.

When I do my 3 sets of 25 I'm fine; however, I noticed that when I get past 40 (straight) or so, my wrists start to hurt, so I began using my fists, and got to 68. I should hit 100 in a week or so.

Well this is an embarrassing post to write... I failed on the first day :(

I did 10, then 10, but when I went to do 8 I literally couldn't do 1, my arms were just too sore at the shoulders. I guess maybe I really should have waited the extra day maybe. It might not have helped that I spent all evening scraping and sanding the paint off my windows. Regardless, pretty sad.

Anyways, hopefully I have a better outing on Thursday. If nothing else, this proves that I need to be doing stuff like this more often.

I was still a bit sore today from doing my initial test (late last night). I'm going to start this weekend, just in case I'm really sore after the first day. I kinda need my arms to work.

And as someone else you came up with the idea, I'm going to add doing as many crunches as the push ups as well. I might even follow the schedule doing weightless squats to get a good, all around workout. I'm going to put the weights away for the 6 weeks I do this (probably a good thing. Muscle confusion and all that. Been doing the 2 day splits for awhile now.)

Initial Test = 33

Well this is an embarrassing post to write... I failed on the first day :(

I did 10, then 10, but when I went to do 8 I literally couldn't do 1, my arms were just too sore at the shoulders. I guess maybe I really should have waited the extra day maybe. It might not have helped that I spent all evening scraping and sanding the paint off my windows. Regardless, pretty sad.

Anyways, hopefully I have a better outing on Thursday. If nothing else, this proves that I need to be doing stuff like this more often.

I did exactly the same! Ended up thinking OK, I'll drop down to the middle column for the first two weeks, and did some pathetic knee-down push ups to complete the days sets.

Cool idea... I'll do the test tonight.

okay, day 1 of week 1 is in the bank. Did the 10/10/8/6 and a glorious 8 as my max to close it. I think I'll be quite happy when I simply break 100 in one session, even less all in a row. :)

FM

dola, and if anybody is looking for a simple countdown timer on which to set their rest period, I use this one online:
Online Stopwatch (http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/)

Set it how many seconds you need and restart it when you're done with your reps on one level. It'll ring to tell you time's up...

FM

FM

absolutely, it's a big goal for me but heck, I'm simply looking at day 3 of week 3 with its reps of 30/22/22/20 and at least 27 to finish and I'm already nervous about that one...

FM

there's definitely a big ramp up between week 2 and week 3

Day one is done. 10/10/8/6 and 10.

okay, day 1 of week 1 is in the bank. Did the 10/10/8/6 and a glorious 8 as my max to close it. I think I'll be quite happy when I simply break 100 in one session, even less all in a row. :)

FM

I was 10/10/8/6 and a glorious 7 as my max to close it. I finished off with an extra 8 "knee" push-ups.

Day 2 is tomorrow morning for me.

dola, and if anybody is looking for a simple countdown timer on which to set their rest period, I use this one online:
Online Stopwatch (http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/)

Set it how many seconds you need and restart it when you're done with your reps on one level. It'll ring to tell you time's up...

FM

FM

Thanks for this link.

I tried this today, against my better judgement. This is exactly the sort of thing I never see through to the end.

I did 21 on my initial test. By the end my arms were saying "this isn't so bad, we could do a few more" but my brain was like "this fucking sucks, let's go get a beer".

Could be a rough road.

Week 1, Day 1:

10/10/8/6/19

I did 15 on the initial test, hopefully I can finish this. I've never seen through any kind of exercise plans I set up for myself.

To get any kind of physical training done, I make appointments with a personal trainer who's also a friend of mine.

Week 1 Day 2 is done, 12/12/10/10 and 19 for a max.

Day one is done. 10/10/8/6 and 10.

i put up the exact same line....anyone else having a lot of pain in their wrists (and is there anything you are doing about it)

i put up the exact same line....anyone else having a lot of pain in their wrists (and is there anything you are doing about it)

As I said in a previous post, I use my fists. You get a better pushup, and it doesn't hurt your wrists.

Day 2, Week 1

12/12/10/10/11

Looking ahead, Week 2 looks possible, Week 3 however...

I've found that the toughest part is the final set. It always says something like "as many as you can do (25 minimum) or (40 minimum)" and I can never get anywhere near those minimums.

I'm halfway through week 5 now and have found a little bit of a twist. After the first day in week 5, the plan now requires you to do double sets instead of single sets. For example, if you just did one set of 40 before, you now do two separate sets of 20. It sounds easy but I think the short (45 secs or less) break in between actually makes it more difficult.

anyone else having a lot of pain in their wrists (and is there anything you are doing about it)

My wrists are fine, but yesterday my left elbow was really sore. It feels ok today though, so hopefully it won't be an issue.

I'm crossing my fingers that I can actually do the full set later today!

Saldana -
I can't do push ups with the palms of my hands on the floor - my wrists are quitting on me. But if I do them "knuckle style" the wrists aren't involved as much.

I wouldn't say I feel stronger already, but I know I'm way less sore the day after day 1 than I was on the day after the initial test... :)

FM

Saldana -
I can't do push ups with the palms of my hands on the floor - my wrists are quitting on me. But if I do them "knuckle style" the wrists aren't involved as much.

No one listens to me.

Saldana -
I can't do push ups with the palms of my hands on the floor - my wrists are quitting on me. But if I do them "knuckle style" the wrists aren't involved as much.

= what Schmidty said.

Another failed attempt :(

This time I managed 10/10/6/0.5. It seems that on the second set of 10 I strain so hard on the last 2 that my arms are just rubber after that. I'm going to move down to the second column and repeat week 1 I guess.

Another failed attempt :(

This time I managed 10/10/6/0.5. It seems that on the second set of 10 I strain so hard on the last 2 that my arms are just rubber after that. I'm going to move down to the second column and repeat week 1 I guess.

whatever you do, just don't give up. The fact we've all decided to try is very good, and you will get better with time. Just don't give it up. :)

FM

Day 1, week 1: 10/10/8/6 and 8. I had to go down on my knees on the last two sets to get the final rep.

Week 1, Day 2:
12/12/10/10 and 12.

It's amazing how quickly my mindset goes from "this is cake" to "OK, now I'm feeling it" to "thank god this is the last set."

whatever you do, just don't give up. The fact we've all decided to try is very good, and you will get better with time. Just don't give it up. :)

FM

Oh don't worry, the fact that I started this thread will keep me from quitting. It's bad enough to be failing, it would be altogether soul-crushing to quit in week 1 after starting up the thread!

I'm actually wondering if something isn't wrong with the columns. If someone gave everything they had on the initial test and got 6, how on earth are they going to pump out 7/7/5/4/5 two days later? That seems wrong to me. Just looking at the numbers, column 2 seems much more appropriate for me at this point, and is probably where I should have started in the first place.

I'm actually wondering if something isn't wrong with the columns. If someone gave everything they had on the initial test and got 6, how on earth are they going to pump out 7/7/5/4/5 two days later? That seems wrong to me. Just looking at the numbers, column 2 seems much more appropriate for me at this point, and is probably where I should have started in the first place.

looking at the numbers more closely, I agree. The second column hould probably be more for people who did 7 (or 8) to 15 and the third column for people who've tested with 16 or more.

FM

I'm actually wondering if something isn't wrong with the columns.

I get the feeling this wasn't exactly well researched and tested. It looks more like something someone threw together. If the person who created it updates it as time goes on, I'm sure the numbers will become better.

IOW, I think we're the beta testers for this. :)

IOW, I think we're the beta testers for this. :)

LOL!

FM

I finally started today and did better than what i thought, i even feel stronger and feel that tomorrow won't be sore as after the test. I read somewhere that muscle has some kind of memory,and that if you have worked out in the past, muscles get used faster to the workout even if you leave it for years. It seems so at least in my case so far.

I did today the first day of week 1:

10, 10, 8, 6 and 8 more to end (it said at least 7)

I feel really good and proud of myself, so this is not going to be good only for our health and body but for our self esteem.

31 on my initial test two days ago.

10/10/8/6/26

Did the 60 second intervals. I must be doing something wrong?

10/10/8/6/26

Did the 60 second intervals. I must be doing something wrong?

I don't think so. I did 33 on my initial test and then did 10/10/8/6/19 the next day instead of taking a day to rest. I'd imagine I would have done close to 25 if I had been a little more rested.

yeah, my baseball coach in high school was an ex-drill Sargent and we made us do REAL push ups. Ever since high school I've always workout / try to do at least 500 push ups and crunches a day.

I hate you.

Currently working on Day 2.

I've done 12 and then 12 and I feel like I'm gonna die. About to move on to a set of 10.

Ouch. That hurt.

I've done 12/12/10/10 but I just barely finished that last set. I have to wait a few minutes to start my last set (must do at least 10).

Finally done. 12/12/10/10/12.

Suck it hundredpushups.com.

Suck it hundredpushups.com.
This made me laugh.

Alright, I did 8. I guess the weight that I have been packing on lately isn't muscle. I will start the program this weekend. I have never been much of a push-up-er. Easy enough to do though, hopefully I can stick with it.

Day 1: 10/10/8/6 and 21.

As soon as I started I realized my arms still hurt from two days ago. The over/under on me quitting this is currently set at week 1.5.

well bleh, a failed attempt on my day 2 of week 1 as I managed 12/12/10/10/6 and my last one was supposed to be max reps with min 10. I'll do day 2 over until I succeed before I move on to day three of week 1...

FM

Navigating to, and deciphering that scheduleon a daily/weekly basis could easily become a contributing factor in me not continuing this, so I made an equally (or more) ugly, but more convenient schedule for printing/viewing, if anybody wants it.


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e291/thesloppy/100.gif

Week 1, Day 2:

12/12/10/10/finished with 20.
One more on the max set this time than last, so I'm a little happy with that.

i did 12/12/10/10/15 last night..i probably could have squeezed out a couple more in the last set, but my wrists are really not liking the challenge...i think its because i am such a fatass

Week 1, Day 3

15/13/10/10/x = x is a minimum of 15

The bastards increase the x on this day for the first time, and it's just plain no fun. I barely squeezed out the 15.

It looks like they dial things back a bit for Week 2, Day 1 which is comforting.

18 this morning, time to see where that slots me for Week 1 workouts.

Got started today (and I'm glad I waited because I'm pretty sure I'm going to be sore tomorrow). I went down to the middle column instead of the last one. I did 7/7/5/4/8.

dola,

And for some more workout, I added crunches and squats doing the 3rd column. 10/10/8/6/20 crunches (probably could have done more on the last set), and 10/10/8/6/14 squats. Doing squats without weights is harder than I thought, but I didn't do them until I couldn't anymore. I didn't want to fall over doing the last one. :) I just kept doing them until I felt my legs start to struggle a bit, then stopped.

dola,

And for some more workout, I added crunches and squats doing the 3rd column. 10/10/8/6/20 crunches (probably could have done more on the last set), and 10/10/8/6/14 squats. Doing squats without weights is harder than I thought, but I didn't do them until I couldn't anymore. I didn't want to fall over doing the last one. :) I just kept doing them until I felt my legs start to struggle a bit, then stopped.

i actually started doing abs a couple weeks ago...my wife got one of those ab-lounger chairs for free on craigslist, and i started a couple nights a week with it...i try to increase by 5 to 10 every night, and am doing that in concert with the pushups...week one, day one i did 2 sets, one of 40, and one of 20...working towards 100 on there too

I did 16 on my initial test. after finishing week 4, I tested at 38. These last two weeks are going to be killer, I think.

I haven't been able to finish Day 2, Week 1 yet - I was so sore after Day 1.

I've taken a break as column three was way too much for me, and plan to restart the middle column at week 1 tomorrow.

Week 1, Day 3:

15/13/10/10/22

The 3rd set was actually the hardest for whatever reason.

I started today with 7/7/5/4/6, not too bad, but going to hurt tomarrow.

I'm entering week six and really struggling. I just took the week five stress test this morning and only did 52 pushups. During the week four stress test, I did 50. I'm supposed to follow the middle column for week six, which marks the first time that I'm not following the far right column. I feel like I was making a lot of progress in the early weeks but have really slowed down in the last two weeks. I can only do 52 in a row and I'm supposed to do almost double that for the final test next week? I don't see how I can do it.

W1/D1 - decided that I'm going to go with the right-hand column, and repeat the week if I need to do so. Looks like I may find myself doing exactly that.

10/10/8/2(6)/2(5)

The number in parentheses are the knee push-ups I had to complete in order to get to the minimums on the 4th/5th set. I definitely felt tired at the end of the 3rd set, but I was very surprised to crash and burn as early and hard as I did on the fourth set.

Definite fitness reality call - not that I thought I was in good shape, but still disappointing.

Finally got around to doing day 1, as i was sidelined for the better part of a week with a seriously abcessed tooth and only now returning to the land of the living.

Week 2, Day 1

12/12/9/7/x=12 for a total of 54 with 60-second breaks.

I'm so intimidated by the upcoming weeks. I am starting to doubt how just doing this program -- and no other weight training -- will get you into position to plop out 100 pushups.

I'll keep the faith for now . . . .

I was still a bit sore, and pretty tired from work, so I decided to just do Day 1 over again. 7/7/5/4/11. I was surprised I did more than 7 on the last set.

I've been lazy. I went from 68 last week, to 62. There's no reason I shouldn't at work since I see no one for at least 5 hours every night.

Gotta get on it.

I've been lazy. I went from 68 last week, to 62. There's no reason I shouldn't at work since I see no one for at least 5 hours every night.

Gotta get on it.

just out of curiosity, what is your job?

just out of curiosity, what is your job?

Sitting around from 11 p.m. - 7a.m. Ten minutes or so of my time is actual work. The rest of the time is half-heartedly working toward my crappy BA degree, and doing what the fuck other else I want to do. Luckily my wife makes a LOT more than I do.

I wish I could just finish my English degree (so close), but at 33 with a family, it seems like a waste of money. I'm happy though.

Basically, I'm a night auditor at a Hotel. I get paid crap even though I'm qualified for much more. Saving money on daycare and just having a parent always with our daughter is way more important, IMO. She's my girl. My wife is too, but Lily (my kid) is amazing, and she won't be 6 forever. So it's worth the lack of sleep and stature.

i am a couple days late for week 1 day 3 as i have been fighting a sinus infection all week, but i was able to hit on 15/13/10/10/22...i should have done that on sunday, but i still think i am going to move on to week 2 on thursday

Finally got my week 1, day 2 workout in.

9/8/6/5/9

I pushed hard on that last set, and feel good about moving on to day three in a couple of days.

I got 28 good ones on my initial test. I will likw others incorpoarte the pushups into my chest weight training workouts on the days I lift.

Week 1, Day 2:

Pushups: 9/8/6/5/8
Crunches: 9/8/6/5/14
Squats: 9/8/6/5/11

After being very soar a few days after the first Day for crunches and squats, I dropped to level 2 for those two as well.

W1 D2:
12/12/7(3)/4(6)/3(0)

Kind of pathetic, but I was actually pleased by my showing on sets 4/5 that I got off the ground on the first one. I'm clearly a wuss for not finishing with knee-pushups on the last set, which is supposed to be minimum 10.

Pretty much cinches that I'll be repeating W1 next week, hopefully with better results.

W1 D2:
12/12/10/10/25

And yes, I forgot about this for about four days after W1 D1. I'm going to be the only guy still posting updates in this thread in eight months.

Week 2, Day 2

16/13/11/11/x=at least 15

After failing this stage a few days ago, I managed to grind through it this morning, although my push ups went from nose-to-the-floor to just "acceptable."

I'm officially pessimistic about my chances of finishing this thing.

I just found this over at FOFL and was very intrigued, so I primed myself to start it. I was pretty weak with my initial test (as I am fat and out of shape now), starting in rank 2, but I am going to power through and start it off on Sunday. Here's hoping!

I'm sadly bowing out of this, due to a lack of time.

Right now, I'm giving two hours of karate classes on Tuesday and Thursday evening and I'm playing soccer on Wednesday night as well as taking a karate class myself on Saturday morning, Monday evening, and Tuesday evening (after my two hours of giving class). Starting next week, I'll be giving one more hour of class on Wednesday, and two more on Friday. Doesn't look like much, but even simply giving class, I've found that I'm moving around and sweating enough that it's almost a workout in itself and I just don't feel like pumping out pushups when I get home at about 9pm...

I guess I'll live with my 24 consecutive pushups as my best for now... :)

FM

I had to stop for a few days because my shoulder is killing me. It started hurting during the last time I did a set of pushups (couple of days ago), and has been bothering me ever since. Hopefully, I didn't hurt it badly.

I've been AWOL on this all week due to a long weekend at the cabin and a crazy week at work. That said, I plan to reboot with Wk 1 Day 1 Column 2 this weekend. My hockey season starts in 2 weeks and I better be able to pump out 20 straight by the time I hit the ice. This year, if I cross check a fool, he might at least realise I did it! :D

well, just finished week 5. In week 5 you move to more sets of shorter reps, and I think I've really responded well to that. For my max set today I hit 50 - that's a long way from the 16 I started the program with (and the 50 was after 7 sets). I have a test again tomorrow, and I hope to be able to get above 60. Monday appears to be the toughest day of the entire workout by a large margin.

Week 1, Day 3

Pushups: 10/8/8/6/13 - I was suprised I made the min, let alone get to 13 on that last set (not having work today may have been a part of it.)
Crunches: 10/8/8/6/15
Squats: 10/8/8/6/16

I've noticed that I don't get really sore after the workouts now. My muscles are tired, but not aching like they were.

Well I finally managed to get around to rebooting.

Week 1, Day 1, 7/7/5/4/10

This was definitely the right column for me and I am much more excited now about my chances of sticking with this.

week 2, day 1

12/12/9/7/20

lots of cracking in my shoulder, but no actual pain.

Week 2, Day 3

15/15/12/12/x with a minimum of 15. I managed 16.

Tomorrow, I take the next exhaustion test. I have an ethical conundrum: I KNOW if I put my all into it, I could barely squeeze out 25 pushups in the test. However, that would barely put me into the hardcore column 3, and I'm actually considering sandbagging it a little to go into the middle column. Guess I have to decide . . . .

Week 6 is ridiculous. That is all.

Well I finally managed to get around to rebooting.

Week 1, Day 1, 7/7/5/4/10

This was definitely the right column for me and I am much more excited now about my chances of sticking with this.

I started this yesterday in the same column. I was pretty amped about just getting it going, and although I can tell my arms are sore, it still felt good and I am confident I can do this.

Week 1, Day 1 - 7/7/5/4/15

Week 2, Day 3

15/15/12/12/x with a minimum of 15. I managed 16.

Tomorrow, I take the next exhaustion test. I have an ethical conundrum: I KNOW if I put my all into it, I could barely squeeze out 25 pushups in the test. However, that would barely put me into the hardcore column 3, and I'm actually considering sandbagging it a little to go into the middle column. Guess I have to decide . . . .

Rather than sandbagging it, why not just pump out 25+ yet still go into column 2? That way you get a little stronger but still don't get stuck into a column that will discourage you. No one is grading you and forcing you into column 3 based on your results :)

Well, I started this 2 weeks ago but neglected to post it here.

The week 2 day 3 results were
15/15/12/12/x with a minimum of 15 and I did 27.

I'll do the week 3 test tonight as I'm a day behind, but I'm sure I'll be in the 3rd tier of pushups. This thing really kicks up in week 3.

A few days late but I managed to get through my next workout.

I am in week 1, day 3, 2nd tier.

10/8/8/5/13

I wasn't sure I could do the first 10, but after I got warmed up and changed my position a little, I did better. I was surprised to be able to power out 13 on my last set after all that.

week 2, day 1

12/12/9/7/20

lots of cracking in my shoulder, but no actual pain.


i am actually a little bit sore today....lats and deltoids...first time that one of the daily workouts actually caused me to be sore the next day.

I don't even know where my lats and deltoids are, so they may or may not be sore after doing these workouts. In my terminology, sometimes I feel a bit of soreness in my upper body and arm areas.

Have my first exhaustion test tomorrow as well. Did 33 on the initial test. Would be thrilled with 45-50. Anything less than 40 would seem pretty disappointing really.

i am actually a little bit sore today....upper back/sides and shoulders...first time that one of the daily workouts actually caused me to be sore the next day.

I don't even know where my lats and deltoids are, so they may or may not be sore after doing these workouts. In my terminology, sometimes I feel a bit of soreness in my upper body and arm areas.

fixed, just for you;)

Rather than sandbagging it, why not just pump out 25+ yet still go into column 2? That way you get a little stronger but still don't get stuck into a column that will discourage you. No one is grading you and forcing you into column 3 based on your results :)

Great advice and, upon a closer look, column 2 asks for a minimum of 83 right out of the gate on day 1.

:eek:

Column 3 asks for a pants-wetting 99. I'll give the exhaustion test my all and go for column 2 regardless of the results.

Thought I'd join in.

Week 1, Day 1:

7/7/5/4/11

The middle column seems like my best bet to stick with this. That right column looks like a bitch.

Thought I'd join in.

Week 1, Day 1:

7/7/5/4/11

The middle column seems like my best bet to stick with this. That right column looks like a bitch.

+1

Alright, I have moved to week 2, and manged to get my workout in today.

Week 2, Day 1, Tier 2

9/8/6/4/11 (min 7) Total 38

I still feel good about knocking out that many on the last set. I am really focusing on my form to make sure that all of these are solid pushups. Still, not as many as I did a couple of days ago, but I was still pretty sore today.

The next workout is a min of 44 pushups, and that will be a challenge especially if I am still sore. I can almost guarantee you that if I can succeed the final at the end of the week that I will be in the lowest tier of week 3 and have to work my way up to the third tier over a couple of weeks. If I can't manage at least the 16 pushups, I will redo the third tier of week 2.

Week 2, Day 1

Pushups: 9/8/6/4/17
Crunches: 9/8/6/4/20
Squats: 9/8/6/4/10

Was walking around all day at work, so I didn't do too many squats on the last set.

Crap. Failed to complete Week 3 day 1.
I tested out at 33 pushups after week 2, but the jump to week 3 third tier is simply too much. I'm going to tone it down to tier 2 and see how that goes in 2 days.
It was 25/17/17/15/x, but I could only make it to 14 on the third set before my arms just gave out. I waited a minute and did 7 more for the 4th set and decided to call it a night.
I believe I will be repeating this week next week.

Have my first exhaustion test tomorrow as well. Did 33 on the initial test. Would be thrilled with 45-50. Anything less than 40 would seem pretty disappointing really.

Well, I did 39. So a little better than the initial test but not by much. I figure once the workload starts to get larger though that my exhuastion tests will be much better.

The first 10-15 were possibly the smoothest first pushups I've ever had. At 20-25 though, I knew I was in trouble.

i am actually a little bit sore today....lats and deltoids...first time that one of the daily workouts actually caused me to be sore the next day.


first time I have felt it after my workout

16/13/11/11/18

Week 1 Day 2:

9/8/6/5/12

I was a little tight from the first day, but felt good after completing tonight's.

Almost identical to Sublimes for my Week 1, Day 2. Still feeling it from Day 1, but I powered through and am looking forward to finishing out the first week tomorrow.

9/8/6/5/14

week 2, day 2

16/13/11/11/25

Week 2, Day 2, Tier 2

11/9/7/7/16 Total 50

My third set was a little weak, but I finished the fourth set very strong and was fired up for my last set. One more to go before the next test. Looking at that third week scares me a little, as it is a big step up.

Arms/shoulders aren't too sore, just tired, but I can feel the results now.

W1 D3:
15/13/10/10/25

With five days in between. At this rate, I'm going to be the only one posting in this thread in four months.

W1 D3:
15/13/10/10/25

With five days in between. At this rate, I'm going to be the only one posting in this thread in four months.

i will still be here...it says right on the program that it is ok to add extra rest days if you feel you need them, so i took 3 as my last interval until the soreness went away. after yesterday, i wasnt sore at all, so i will try to do W2D3...it all depends on pain.

i also did 100 reps in the ab-lounger yesterday.

Week 1, Day 3: 10/8/8/5/21

Felt good going in, a little rough to start, but powered through with my best max and a good finish to the first week. I feel good.

i will still be here...it says right on the program that it is ok to add extra rest days if you feel you need them, so i took 3 as my last interval until the soreness went away. after yesterday, i wasnt sore at all, so i will try to do W2D3...it all depends on pain.
Does it say anything about adding extra days because you have the short-term memory of a tree squirrel?

People are still trying???

Apparently, even though I am 161, I am a God. :D

And I am a scrawny fuck. Ask my wife. Maybe that's why it hasn't been hard.

I was at the doc today, and I was a bit surprised that I was at 161, when only 5 weeks ago I was 169. I haven't done anything different. Maybe this thread has made me lose even more, ALTHOUGH, I thought muscle was heavier than fat.

I should post my drivers license from '06 when I was 210. With a goatee. Good Lord.

Ok, the increased workload from week 2 to week 3 is almost criminal. Had to take a five minute break before I did the last set because I was about to die after the 3rd set as it was.

Week 1 Day 3

10/8/8/5/19

Really thought I'd get to 20, but I just fizzled at the end. No lingering soreness from Day 2 really helped me have a good showing, for me.

Ok, the increased workload from week 2 to week 3 is almost criminal. Had to take a five minute break before I did the last set because I was about to die after the 3rd set as it was.

No lie.
I'm doing "track 2" now in week 3. It took me two tries to get through W3, D1 and I just failed this morning on W3, D2.

It asked for 22/17/17/15/20, and I only managed 12 in the fifth set.
Still, it was 83 pushups -- and I'm happy with the progress I'm making.

Forgot to update yesterday:
9/8/6/4/10

I would have liked to push out 15 on the last level, but just died at 9-10.

I also forgot to update after Sunday.

Week 2, Day 1: 9/8/6/4/16

I am starting to not feel nearly as sore, but I know it is still going to take all my energy to finish this (especially from what people say about the increase in Week 3, heh)

W3, D2 -- a second attempt

22/17/17/15/20, and I managed 25in the fifth set.

In the interest of full disclosure, I didn't do extremely "deep" push-ups fearing I would fail again. I'll have to push myself a little harder next time.

Week 2, Day 2: 11/9/7/7/13

I have a feeling week 3 is going to kick my ass.

I thought it looked different. Sure enough, the site has altered the workouts.

From yesterday

Week 2 day 2:

11/9/7/7/14

I thought it looked different. Sure enough, the site has altered the workouts.

:confused:

So it has!
At first glance, it seems pretty scaled back. I couldn't find an explanation for why it was changed, but there seem to be other changes like the addition of a "push up logger" to track your progress online.

Yeah I saw the changes too...that is neat that they have a logger, I might have to check that out.

i will still be here...it says right on the program that it is ok to add extra rest days if you feel you need them, so i took 3 as my last interval until the soreness went away. after yesterday, i wasnt sore at all, so i will try to do W2D3...it all depends on pain.

i also did 100 reps in the ab-lounger yesterday.


wow..i couldnt kick my upper respiratory infection for a while, so it has been 11 days since my w2d2...i thought i would have to at least repeat that one if not go back to d1, but i was able to push out w2d3 with pretty much no problem!

i am back on track

20/17/14/14/20

I've been doing this for a while -- on my fifth week -- started it over at TSW. A couple points relevant to what people have stated in the thread:

I find it better to not judge success or failure by 'I beat the program goals for today', but by personal growth/improvement. A great life philosophy really, but relevant to this program. Each week I've compared what I did to the previous week, and it's improving, so that's an encouraging thing to hold onto. One thing it does for me is that I don't worry about whether or not I hit the goal for each set so much. What I concern myself with is giving maximum effort, and the overall direction of whether I'm getting better or worse.

The other thing is that if my horrifically out of shape lard butt can stick with this, than just about anyone can. How out of shape? I'm glad you asked. You didn't ask? Well too bad, I'm going to tell you anyway.

Literally just prior to learning about this(as in, the previous day), I had completed research on a new diet/workout regimen as what I was doing wasn't working(I think because it wasn't ambitious enough). I'm 6 foot, 4.5 in. and my high weight was 333 lbs. almost a year ago -- I was up to 329.3 again and going in the wrong direction. I started a new high-protein, relatively low-fat diet(I discovered I've been criminally under-eating protein for YEARS), and committed to about 1.5 hours of exercise a day(including travel time to the gym, etc.). Combination of strength training and cardio.

Anyway, the next day I found out about this program and did the initial test. I managed ONE. Yep, that's right, one whole pushup. So I tested using the alternate pushups method(knee pushups). Got six. Ok, that's more manageable to work on. Started on column 2, week one. The following is how it's gone so far:

**Numbers in parentheses are what I actually achieved, first number is the program goals**

FIRST WEEK(Column 2, Week One, Alternate Method)

Day 1: 7(7), 7(4), 5(3), 4(3), Max-5(3) -- 20 total
Day 2: 9(7), 8(5), 6(4), 5(3), Max-7(3) -- 22 total
Day 3: 10(10), 8(7), 8(5), 5(5), Max-10(4) -- 31 total
Re-test: 2(+1)

SECOND WEEK(Column 2, Week One, Alternate Method)

Day 1: 7(7), 7(7), 5(5), 4(3), Max-5(2) -- 24 total(+4)
Day 2: 9(9), 8(5), 6(4), 5(4), Max-7(4) -- 26 total(+4)
Day 3: 10(9), 8(6), 8(5), 5(6), Max-10(5) -- 31 total(no change)
Re-test: 2(no change)

THIRD WEEK(Column 2, Week One, Alternate Method)

Day 1: 7(7), 7(7), 5(5), 4(4), Max-5(6) -- 29 total(+5)
Day 2: 9(9), 8(6), 6(5), 5(4), Max-7(4) -- 28 total(+2)
Day 3: 10(10), 8(8), 8(6), 5(5), Max-10(6) -- 35 total(+4)
Re-test: 2(no change)

FOURTH WEEK(Column 2, Week One, Alternate Method)

Day 1: 7(7), 7(7), 5(5), 4(4), Max-5(7) -- 30 total(+1)
Day 2: 6(6), 8(8), 6(6), 6(6), Max-7(10) -- 36 total(+8)
Day 3: 8(8), 10(10), 7(7), 7(7), Max-10(9) -- 41 total(+6)
Re-test: 3(+1)

FIFTH WEEK(Column 3, Week One, Alternate Mehtod)

Day 1: 10(10), 12(12), 7(7), 7(4), Max-9(4) -- 37 total(+7)

And that's where we stand as of now.

A couple things that I think are helpful from this. One, while there are some disappointing days(Day 3 of Week Two isn't real impressive, for example), the overall picture is very good progress. And secondly, if you think you are a wimp -- look at me! :). If I can stick with this, then almost anybody can. My goal at the moment is to get to 4 standard pushups, at which point I'll switch over to doing the program with those on column 1. So everything I've done to this point has literally been with the aim of getting me in shape to even attempt to hundred pushups program -- and I'm not there yet, but I think I'll hit it this week or next.

Hopefully this will be of some encouragement to anybody who has found the program difficult or gets discouraged. Along with the strength gains, I'm down almost 10 lbs. to 319.4, so I've got about 3% less weight to move around then I did initially. My best advice is to stay focused on the big picture, and to be strict with yourself -- demand maximum effort and follow the rest times between sets religiously. Then you can get a clear picture of whether you are headed in the right direction -- and once you see that progress, it gives you encouragement. Personally I am now looking forward to the workout time of day now, because I can see that it's moving me in the right direction.

Way to go, Bryan. I also think this is going to take me a LONG time to successfully "complete," but I refuse to quit.

I just finished week 3, and got a 32 on the exhaustion test. [I guess that's pretty good. My initial fitness test # way back on day 1 was 20.]

That puts me in column 3 for Week 4, and once again I am scared and strongly considering going through column 2 instead.

My Max keeps going down. :( I have been able to handle the requirements, but I'm on Level 2 and I have done:
6/6/4/4/9
6/8/6/6/7
8/10/7/7/5

Really happy to see so many of you sticking with this. Thought it was a great idea when I first saw the thread/program posted, but that was a few days after I broke my leg. Given what I'm reading so far though I'm planning on giving this a try once I'm physically able to which'll hopefully be soon. Keep it up gents.

Sadly, I fell off track on this. Since September rolled around I've been really busy, both at work and around the house, I've upped my running to 4-5 days a week, hockey has started, and now I'm sick. The combination has had me either completely forgetting about the pushups or feeling too tired to bother. I hope to restart this sometime soon when I'm feeling better, as we've almost got the house projects under control again.

Due to a busy weekend and the Packer game Sunday, I wasn't able to do my exhaustion test so I will be doing that tonight and starting Week 3 on Thursday.

Did day 2 today to stay on schedule, as I won't be able to do it tomorrow.

W1D2C3, Alternate Method

10 - 10
12 - 12
8 - 8
8 - 8
Max(12) - 9

Great results today, maybe my best day so far. 47 total pushups which is 11 more than the 36 I did last week. I'm really feeling good about my chances to hit the four standard pushups in the weekend test the way things are progressing right now.

W1D3C3, Alternate Method

11 - 11
15 - 15
9 - 9
9 - 9
Max(13) - 14

Stunning results today, much better than I expected espescially since it was at the end of a long day and I didn't feel all that energetic. Total of 58, +17 over last week. I'm really feeling confident about Sunday's re-test.

Awesome, Bryan. That's pretty remarkable.

I decided to attempt Week 4 in column 2, not column 3 -- and I'm glad I did. I failed my first attempt at Day 1:

18/22/15/15/25 -- I only managed 20 in the final set, for a total of 90.
Two days ago, I eased up a little on the depth of my push-ups [cheating?] and managed to clear the day with 95.

Going for W4, D2 today.

** sidenote ** Does anybody else think maybe this program is whack? I'm supposed to go from 95 to 115 to 130 in four days time??!! I've been dedicated all this time, but I'm starting to wonder how realistic it is . . . .

Three things on that.

1. Yes, the program is whack. There are some unrealistic jumps, which is one reason I'm strong advocate of tracking your personal progress and being more concerned about that than whether or not you fail the goals of the day -- I've failed them a lot more than I've made them. But,

2. You have more rest as the week goes on(at least until the last week or two). It certainly makes sense to be able to do more on 2 minutes rest than 1 minute or a minute and a half.

3. See #1. Don't fret over not making every single goal -- and I think it's counterproductive to 'shorten up' just so you can make it. Progress is ALL that matters, just use the program as a guide.

Re-tested last night, and despite being very tired got a 5 -- which means I finally can take the training wheels off and switch to regular pushups. I'll be starting at the bottom tomorrow -- first column, first week -- but the first major goal has passed. Only 95 more pushups to go now! :).

Just attempted Week 4, Day 2 [column 2] for the second time. It's a toughie.

It asks for 20-25-20-20-30 [115 total]

I failed, but I was juiced anyway because I busted out 101 -- my first triple-digit effort.

Man, it's gonna be satisfying to pull this off in 2011 when I finally get where I need to be.

Man, it's gonna be satisfying to pull this off in 2011 when I finally get where I need to be.

LOL!! Hey, you are still light years ahead of me :p

Yesterday did W1 D1 C1 --

2 - 2
3 - 3
2 - 2
2 - 2
Max(3) - 3

Just barely made the minimums. There's a whopping 12 total for me -- it'll be many moons till I hit triple digits methinks. Continued with the next workout today since tomorrow is chest and shoulders day at the gym for me and I'm not psychotic -- I never double that up with pushups.

W1 D2 C1

3 - 3
4 - 4
2 - 2
3 - 3
Max(4) - 3

Just a bit short, but not bad.

I always tell my kids not to compare themselves with others -- there will always be people better than them and worse than them at whatever they're doing, and they shouldn't let either fact get inside their head.

On a related note, I have a good friend that busts out 300 push-ups a day, and "when he wants to take a day off" only does 180.

:)

W1 D3 C1

4 - 4
5 - 5
4 - 4
4 - 4
Max(5) - 6

Pleased and very surprised with today's results, and I'm moving up to Week 2 starting on Monday!

I did my second exhaustion test (the one after week 2) and went from 8 pushups the first time, to 18 this time. I have been spacing things out more than I would like, but time slips away from you. I should be starting week 3 tomorrow.

Well guys, I have completely fallen off the wagon, and need to reboot at the top of week 2. I will get going soon.

Week 4 is a pain in the ass... :mad:

Week 4 is a pain in the ass... :mad:

I've failed Wk4, Dy2, Col2 four times already.

I'm not even THAT close to passing it either.

Well guys, I have completely fallen off the wagon, and need to reboot at the top of week 2. I will get going soon.

Good luck with that, getting back on the wagon is often the hardest part in my experience(unfortunately, falling off isn't).

As for week 4, I've seen a lot of people mention that here and elsewhere -- seems some hit the wall at 3 and some at 5 but 4 is really the most common spot. Hopefully before too many more weeks pass I'll be able to share my own miserable failures on that level :).
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W2 D1 C1

4 - 4
6 - 6
4 - 4
4 - 4
Max(6) - 3

Total of 21, +9 over last week's 12. All of the sets after the first one were pretty tough, and I had nothing left at the end. I'm happy though, it's better than I expected.

I've failed Wk4, Dy2, Col2 four times already.

I'm not even THAT close to passing it either.


OK, let's just make that five fails on this day.

It's OK -- it's making me do 100 pushups every other day.

That can't be a bad thing.

W2 D2 C1

5 - 5
6 - 3
4 - 3
4 - 3
Max(7) - 2

I haven't had a tough day in a while, but today certainly was one. I could tell right away I was in trouble as I barely made it to the first set mark. Just didn't have any energy, muscles felt dead. We all have our off days.

16 total, +1 from last week -- 5 less than I did last time out on less rest, but I was a lot fresher of course. I'm sure I'll come back much stronger on Friday.

W2 D3 C1

5 - 5
7 - 6
5 - 3
5 - 3
Max(8) - 3

Once again I wasn't really close, getting a total of 20, -3 from last week's total. I've sort of hit the wall here -- sometimes you have to struggle for a while and then performance jumps up again. I'll be repeating W2 C1 next week.

W2 D1 C1

4 - 4
6 - 4
4 - 3
4 - 2
Max(6) - 2

Another rough day. This is definitely the toughest patch I've hit so far in the program, as I'm going in the wrong direction. A lot of it probably has to do with working a lot lately and sleeping erratically, and I know I'll eventually push through it.

I'm starting the challenge over today with a stress test and will pick things up from there (I'm assuming week 3 or 4). I maxed out at about 60 pushups consecutively during the stress tests the last time I "completed" the program and grew frustrated because I felt like I couldn't get near 100 pushups by following the program. I've read here that the program has been revised since I last "completed" it so I'm going to give it another go.

I don't see how one could complete Weeks 5 and 6 with the recommended rest, double sets, etc. and only be able to do 60 consecutive. Guess I'll see in many moons when I get there, but it seems if you got that far you'd be close to 100. Somebody on another forum where I've discussed this is just barely to Week 6, and hit over 90.

I don't see how one could complete Weeks 5 and 6 with the recommended rest, double sets, etc. and only be able to do 60 consecutive. Guess I'll see in many moons when I get there, but it seems if you got that far you'd be close to 100. Somebody on another forum where I've discussed this is just barely to Week 6, and hit over 90.

I guess everybody's different but I felt a big dropoff when I hit the later weeks and started the double sets routine. When I was doing single sets I felt much better and was able to do far more pushups than when I started doing the double sets. I never took the final test because I knew I wouldn't come close to 100.

fell off the wagon

went to the States for a week on business and Jet Lag/time differences got the better of me inward and outward - back too week 3 (20/15/15/13/20) tonight

W2 D2 C1

5 - 5
6 - 4
4 - 3
4 - 3
Max(7) - 2

Almost a carbon copy, of last week, with a total of 17(+1).

OK, let's just make that five fails on this day.

It's OK -- it's making me do 100 pushups every other day.

That can't be a bad thing.

I'm up to at least 8 FAILS on Week 4, Day 2, Column 2.

It's asking for 115 total, and I've been able to reach 110 [and even 111] but keep falling short.

My prize for eventually pumping out 115? A date with 135 on W4, D3, C2.

:rant:

I aint gonna quit.

I've failed to complete week 1 several times now - but I've improved on the exhaustion test from 15 to 20 last night. I'm happy with that. And yes, the program is unrealistic.

I just did my first day of this. I used to lift weights about once to twice a week, but have not done much in the last year and a half since I met my now wife. I don't have a lot of time with work, grad school and marriage life, so I thought this would be an interesting way to challenge myself and keep my strength up. Plus I've gone from about 230 to 242 since I met my wife, so I would like to drop the extra 10-15 pounds at some point. I decided to also do a 100 squat challenge along with this using the same guidelines they set for push ups, so I would have something for my legs as well.

I measured it at more than 20 pushups, but not that much more (28) so starting at week 3 seemed unrealistic. I started with the highest level of week 1. So far so good on day one, did 10-12-7-7-12 for pushups and 10-12-7-7-30 for squats.

W2 D3 C1

5 - 5
7 - 5
5 - 4
5 - 3
Max(8) - 3

Repeating Week 2 again(third attempt) next week.

W2 D1 C1

4 - 4
6 - 4
4 - 3
4 - 3
Max(6) - 2

After intense frustration [see above], I've taken a holiday from the 100 Pushup Challenge to do my own little challenge -- which hopefully will advance me in the real challenge:

I'm doing 150 pushups per day [30 per set] at least 5 days per week.

I'm hoping that, after a few weeks, I'll revert back to the 100 PushChall and find it more manageable.

Due to the fact that my schedule was busy and I just was overall unmotivated over the last few weeks, it took me a while to get back on track. I did Day 1 of Week 3 on Thursday, but then decided that since I was so slow picking it back up, I didn't want to kill myself right away, so I am doing Week 3 twice at the same time. So I will do two day 1s, two day 2, and two day 3s - all week 3 of course. I am doing the first column and actually feel awesome after finishing my second day 1. I was damn sore today after playing football yesterday, but I definitely feel like I am slowly but surely getting better. I upped my max 6 between the two tries of day 1 - on to day 2 of week 3 Wednesday!

W2 D2 C1

5 - 5
6 - 6
4 - 4
4 - 4
Max(7) - 3

Best day in quite a while, 22 for the day which is +5 from last week. Felt better than usual from the start, though I was hoping for more in the max set.

Just completed week 1, day 2. My body has always needed at least two days of rest between workouts, so I won't be able to complete this as fast as the schedule says, but I'm happy as long as I'm able to meet each day's goal as I progress.

Finished week 1 for the first time. I have noticed a clear difference in endurance since my last attempt.

W2 D3 C1

5 - 5
7 - 6
5 - 5
5 - 4
Max(8) - 4

A solid day, 24 total(+4 from last week). Fourth attempt at week two upcoming.

W2 D1 C1

4 - 4
6 - 5
4 - 3
4 - 3
Max(6) - 3

Pushups
W1 D3 C3

11-11
15-15
9-9
9-9
13-16

Squats

11-11
15-15
9-9
9-9
13-45

For the squats I do the first two sets with arms behind my head, not holding onto anything. For the third and fourth sets I do a jump squat with the same form. For the 5th set, I am holding onto the wall and doing the squats quicker until I really feel a burn.

I am ordering a pullup/situp bar and plan on adding both of those to my routine. I'll have to start out with the lowest level for the pullups though. Once I get used to the two new exercises, I plan on doing pushups/pullups on Monday and Friday and situps/squats on Wed and Sat.

This works for me as a full body work out as I am really busy with work and school and don't like to go to gyms as I prefer privacy for working out. Plus, with my body weight I can get good strength building just out of doing these core exercises.

I'm starting this. Just took the initial test. Got to 15. Tried one more and collapsed :)

BTW, good job Bryan, it's good to see someone sticking with this. Hopefully I can stick to the routine I set out for myself and continue to progress myself even if I miss a workout here and there.

Thanks Danny -- it's gradual but with determination comes progress. My best advice is never allow yourself any BS excuses for missing days, a strong commitment to a lifestyle change not just a new phase, and focus on workout intensity, not results as the latter are a by-product of the former. I wish you luck, I've finally gotten consistency after many failed attempts at different workouts over the past years and it feels fabulous! :)

W2 D2 C1

5 - 5
6 - 6
4 - 4
4 - 4
Max(7) - 4

Tired and stiff today, but still a decent performance with a total of 23(+1).

W2 D3 C1

5 - 5
7 - 7
5 - 5
5 - 5
Max(8) - 3

And once again I'll be repeating week two. Definitely my best attempt at it so far though.

W2 D1 C3
Pushups

14-14
14-14
10-10
10-10
15-18

W2 D1 C3
Squats

14-14
14-14
10-10
10-10
15-50

W2 D1 C3
Crunches

14-14
14-14
10-10
10-10
15-18

W1 D1 C1
Pull ups

2-2
3-3
2-2
2-2
3-3

I have to cheat on most of the pull ups after the first set, I bring myself up as far as I can (not always over the bar) and lower myself down slowly to complete the ones I can't do the proper way.

W2 D1 C1

4 - 4
6 - 4
4 - 3
4 - 2
Max(6) - 2

W2 D2 C1

5 - 5
6 - 6
4 - 4
4 - 4
Max(7) - 5

Better than yesterday, but not quite there yet.

Brian, are you only resting one day? You really need to give yourself at least 48 hours before working out again.

I usually rest at least a day in between -- occasionally I go back to back though if my schedule demands it.

W2 D2 C3
Pushups

14-14
16-16
12-12
12-12
17-19

W2 D2 C3
Squats

14-14
16-16
12-12
12-12
17-52

Well my office has gotten into a modified version of this (and it's sit-up sister). Did my initial test at 73. Situps at 50. I'm on week 2 so we'll see how it goes.

OK, decided to mix up my workout program, so I will be doing this and Yoga as opposed to lifting until I complete the program.

Age 46
Initial Test 42

Once I get back from Hawaii I will be starting on
W3 D1 C3
14
18
14
14
20