100 pushups x 1 month challenge

[Bobby_italy]

Hi guys, this challenge must be the easiest ever proposed on the forum, all you have to do is 100 pushups with good form per day for 30 days, no matter how you do them, all in one sitting or spread out during the day.

I just failed my first attempt after 5 days...
So I'm debating wheter to restart today or tomorrow.

How it went: Day 1, fine did them in one session took me nearly an hour(was resting plenty and doing other stuff meanwhile), Day 2 it was brutal I completed it still in one session but most sets where 5 reps(day 1 they were 10), day 3 I spread them out during the day and hardly finished them up before going to bed, day 4 pretty similar to day 3, day 5 I get to 49 and in the last 20 there's something off in my right arm... like I pinched a nerve or something it felt super awkward, not hurting but like it's about to mess up so I stopped.

Weight has a huge role since I feel like my joints would be much happier if I weighted 20 kg less..
Restarting the challenge while keeping my calorie intake lower, debating wheter to count calories or not.

I'll be taking one picture per day and maybe make a small video at the end.

You're all welcome to join and see if physical progress can be made from such a simple exercise.

 

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[BizyDad]

Great challenge if only am 20 years younger! So I will pass.

A guy in the thread did it at 56 (I think). Scroll up for his video. He started just doing one a day.

You're a youngster at 46. My suggestion, commit to this challenge, and one or two months from now 100 pushups will seem more realistic. Keep with it and you'll start to feel 20 years younger.

(This is coming from a 45 year old was overweight 2 years ago and started a similar challenge last year. My goal was to get to 50 in one shot, which I accomplished earlier this year.).

 

[Andy Black]

Hi guys, this challenge must be the easiest ever proposed on the forum, all you have to do is 100 pushups with good form per day for 30 days, no matter how you do them, all in one sitting or spread out during the day.

I just failed my first attempt after 5 days...
So I'm debating wheter to restart today or tomorrow.

How it went: Day 1, fine did them in one session took me nearly an hour(was resting plenty and doing other stuff meanwhile), Day 2 it was brutal I completed it still in one session but most sets where 5 reps(day 1 they were 10), day 3 I spread them out during the day and hardly finished them up before going to bed, day 4 pretty similar to day 3, day 5 I get to 49 and in the last 20 there's something off in my right arm... like I pinched a nerve or something it felt super awkward, not hurting but like it's about to mess up so I stopped.

Weight has a huge role since I feel like my joints would be much happier if I weighted 20 kg less..
Restarting the challenge while keeping my calorie intake lower, debating wheter to count calories or not.

I'll be taking one picture per day and maybe make a small video at the end.

You're all welcome to join and see if physical progress can be made from such a simple exercise.

I love it. I used to do press-ups and sit-ups every night as a kid.

I’ve been meaning to get back to doing press-ups every day. I’ll go for 50 initially as I’ve a dodgy shoulder, but will build up to 100 as soon as I can.

I’m in.

 

[GPM]

While I am not doing the push-up challenge along with you guys, I did go jogging today for the first time in recent memory! My wife went for a jog while I watched the babies, and then I went after! We are both going to try and get some exercise every single day.

 

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[GPM]

Okay you guys, you inspired me. The ONLY reason that I wouldn't be participating in this is due to sheer laziness.

So I just did my 100 push-ups.

Day 1: 100 push-ups

 

[Val Okafor]

Good effort everyone, the timing of this tread couldn't have been better for me as I am looking to jumpstart my weight loss, active lifestyle journey.

I am in starting today June 1st, 2020.

First attempt: 20 push-ups and 15 situps! will add more throughout the day! I just want to commit myself before I think myself out of it!

Finally made it to 100 pushups by 11.55pm. the most pushups I have ever done in one day these 46 years of existence! Also did an hour of cardio and 100 situps. I will keep going!

 

[Bobby_italy]

I can't even do 1 pushup I'm out.

Try to do them with your knees down

 

[Bekit]

Great challenge!

I can currently do about 10 push ups.

Even if I did 10 sets of 10 over the course of the day, I would be too destroyed to continue.

I think I will modify this challenge to try to work up to 100 by the end of the month. Even if it's in 10 sets of 10, that will be more than I've ever managed to do.

Just did 10 pushups, 10 situps, and 10 squats.

Now I need a pull up bar.

 

[Visionary96]

It's all great to see you guys making progress but please look out for your joints, especially shoulders and biceps. The body needs recovery (where the muscle-building process happens) so don't push yourself dangerously just to reach that 100 mark.

 

[Redwolf]

Wow, doing proper push ups is difficult, I did significantly less than 100. I watched a refresher video of what not to do here:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnR_kb5Wjf8

 

[GPM]

Fantastic idea to everyone who isn't working out already! I got my dad to start doing this, in just a few weeks time he had increased his max push-up count from somewhere around 7 to like 25. That is huge for an old guy!

I better text him and see if he has still been doing any push-ups.

 

[Solomon Kim]

Weak (damaged?) rotator cuff. Probably from being at a desk on a keyboard for too many years, and not going to the gym for a while. I was seeing a physio and he's given me exercises to get it good enough to go back to the gym. He reckons weights will be the best thing for it.

I did my 50 press-ups today. 3 sets of 17. Noted it on the calendar.

I'm probably going to repeat information that your physio already told you but this post would be to help anyone out with nagging shoulder pain.

Often times a bad shoulder means that there are other muscles that are either pulling/tight/weak.

First thing you would need is a lacrosse or tennis ball. These would be used to find trigger points (basically EXTREMELY tender spots caused by adhesion/scar tissue surrounding your muscle). All that you need to do is put your body weight on the ball while simultaneously moving the closest limb until the trigger point releases. You will know it releases when the pain subsides, then it's onto another trigger point, ect.

I would recommend rolling out with the ball to your lats/under your armpit, chest, rear deltoid, and trapezius/rhomboids. Afterwards, with your fingers press on trigger points along the back of your head. Repeat for your neck and first rib (this is located in the notch right above your clavicle. You can utilize the ball standing up against a wall or on the floor (which is what I prefer).

Stretch your pecs by standing through a door while having your forearms locked on the side of the door frame.

If you continue to work out your chest and not your back/rear delts, you will develop a muscle imbalance. Then your chest/front delts will cause even more of a rounded posture.

Invest in resistance bands to loop around a pull up bar and perform face pulls to strengthen your rear delts/upper back. Make sure to work on your core as well.

 

[Andy Black]

Day 2

Did 3x 17 (51) this evening. I was sore from yesterday’s 51 before even starting the first set. The last set felt like I could do more, but I kept it to 17 for now.

I’ll take a day or more off if I feel the body isn’t recuperating properly.

So my goal is to *get* to 100/day by the end of the month. Maybe I add two extra per day? Starting at 51/day then that should (comfortably?) bring me to 100/day in 30 days.

 

[Andy Black]

It's all great to see you guys making progress but please look out for your joints, especially shoulders and biceps. The body needs recovery (where the muscle-building process happens) so don't push yourself dangerously just to reach that 100 mark.

Agreed. If I get twinges I’ll take a few days off and start lower again. This is very much like media buying to reach growth targets. Work out how to increase a bit at a time. Expect drops as well as increases.

 

[BizyDad]

Wide angle, incline, decline, normal, military, diamond, there is a lot of variety in pushups.

I actually did this challenge last year, and recently took it up again. When I first started, the most I could do was 12. So I did ten sets of ten each day. For those that feel like it is "a lot", or like they can't do it, you'll be surprised how quickly your body adjusts. I was doing sets of 30 within a couple of weeks. I'm no expert, but I believe a big part of it was that I varied the types of pushups I was doing.

And for those who slouch from sitting a lot, this is a great challenge. Throw in a few planks a day and you'll change your posture pretty quickly.

 

[Zimbizee]

Love this, i have been doing something similar for a year now.

I use a clock with a second hand. When the second hand strikes the 12 position i do 18 pushups which takes around 15-20 seconds. Then rest for the remaining 40 seconds of the minute until the second hand strikes 12 again and then repeat the 18 pushups.

I repeat this a further 30 times for a total of 540 pushups in 30 mins. A couple of times a week

I started with 10 pushups and progressed. It was damn hard to start, really hard but persistence is key. When i started i could barely do 10 good ones

I'm 48 now and in the best shape i've ever been in

 

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[Deleted78083]

I could barely do 7 pushups when i started and now i can do sets of 20 pushups! I went from doing 10 sets to failure to doing 100 pushups with as few sets as possible. Atm, that number is 9 sets. Trying to get it down.

 

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[Choate]

Reminds me of 30 Days of Discipline by Victor Pride of Bold and Determined that I read many years ago. I actually looked it up in response to this post and found that he has permanently shut down Bold and Determined and made 30 Days of Discipline unavailable.

The relevant portion of 30 DoD to this thread was 100 pushups, 100 situps, and 100 squats per day. To anyone taking on this challenge, I highly recommend the accompanying exercises. Whether you do 10 sets of 10 pushups or 4 sets of 25, just super set them with the same number of squats and situps - won't take much longer and you might feel a little bit more burn but it will be worth it in the end. You want to take care of your entire body.

 

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[Andy Black]

Fantastic idea to everyone who isn't working out already! I got my dad to start doing this, in just a few weeks time he had increased his max push-up count from somewhere around 7 to like 25. That is huge for an old guy!

I better text him and see if he has still been doing any push-ups.

I remember reading of a guy who made it a lifelong habit to do 3 press-ups every time he'd been to the bath room (presumably at home and not when out and about). What a great way of doing it regularly and without thinking.

 

[Madame Peccato]

I can't even do 1 pushup I'm out.

 

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[GPM]

What is a pressup?

I have some pretty serious back issues, have also hurt my rotator cuff a few times. I had a pinched sciatic nerve a few years back, and about 3 months ago I pinched a different nerve in my low back. Overall, not fun. I have woke up with serious pain in my lower back for probably the last 6 years.

However, I stumbled upon this guy on youtube somehow and it has literally changed my life. Jeff Cavalier and his Axthlean X company. He puts just a crap ton of free content on youtube. Just search "Athlean X" and any area that you have pain in and I can almost guarantee you that he has a video detailing why you have that pain the first place, and how to fix it. All of his workouts also show you how to avoid hurting yourself. Pretty amazing.

Sure it has only been like 3 months since my last back issue, but it has never felt so good in my life. I wake up and I feel normal, I don't have that lower back pain. For someone who has never experienced issues like this you might not understand, but it is really life changing.

Oh, and I started doing that "pushups every day" challenge like 6 months ago because of my back issues. I noticed that by doing them every day it really was helping my back issues. It helped a lot, but did not fix it. I feel like they are really getting fixed now by running through these new videos that I found and doing the exercises regularly.

 

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[.B.]

Hi guys, this challenge must be the easiest ever proposed on the forum, all you have to do is 100 pushups with good form per day for 30 days, no matter how you do them, all in one sitting or spread out during the day.

I just failed my first attempt after 5 days...
So I'm debating wheter to restart today or tomorrow.

How it went: Day 1, fine did them in one session took me nearly an hour(was resting plenty and doing other stuff meanwhile), Day 2 it was brutal I completed it still in one session but most sets where 5 reps(day 1 they were 10), day 3 I spread them out during the day and hardly finished them up before going to bed, day 4 pretty similar to day 3, day 5 I get to 49 and in the last 20 there's something off in my right arm... like I pinched a nerve or something it felt super awkward, not hurting but like it's about to mess up so I stopped.

Weight has a huge role since I feel like my joints would be much happier if I weighted 20 kg less..
Restarting the challenge while keeping my calorie intake lower, debating wheter to count calories or not.

I'll be taking one picture per day and maybe make a small video at the end.

You're all welcome to join and see if physical progress can be made from such a simple exercise.

Enthusiasm is great.

But reading your log of the first 5 days and the nerve pinch... It seems that your body is trying to tell you something.

Challenges are great when they motivate you to progress, but it should not be in absolute terms like 100 push-ups a day , rather in relative terms (e.g. 10% more push-ups per day than last week's daily total), to take into account feedback from your body and where you currently are...

Otherwise you will keep running into walls and give up after a while

 

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[Andy Black]

Day 4

3 x 19 (57)

Damn... I barely made the last 3 reps.

 

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[Patrick Besong]

back when i was a youngster at age 55 i decided to add one pushup each day till i got to 100. so i started at 1 and added one each day. it got to be pretty grueling but i toughed it out and got all 100. i made a video of it too: 100 pushups in 100 days

 

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[Val Okafor]

Good effort everyone, the timing of this tread couldn't have been better for me as I am looking to jumpstart my weight loss, active lifestyle journey.

I am in starting today June 1st, 2020.

First attempt: 20 push-ups and 15 situps! will add more throughout the day! I just want to commit myself before I think myself out of it!

 

[Val Okafor]

Wow, doing proper push ups is difficult, I did significantly less than 100. I watched a refresher video of what not to do here:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnR_kb5Wjf8

You almost scared me out of the challenge with this video. Damn. I am doing everything wrong!

 

[Simon Angel]

100 is just too few. If you can do only about 10, then 100 per day is good. If you can do 25, you should be doing about 250. I do between 300-400 per day among other exercises.

Prisoners often do 500-1000 push-ups per day. It's definitely doable, but I'd recommend 10 sets of your max per day. I do them all at once, but you can do 3 in the morning, 3 at lunch, 4 in the afternoon, or 1 every hour if that's what you want. It'll still be beneficial.

Also, form. No amount of humping the ground and looking like you're doing the worm will give you great results. Do push-ups in front of a mirror or record yourself for a few days to make sure you have proper form. Abdomen should be tucked in tight, not hanging down and hitting the ground before your chest.

Best exercise ever by the way, followed by pull-ups.

 

[Madame Peccato]

@Madame Peccato do 10 sets NOW

I like you. You are crazy. I have already done 5 sets today, but I'm gonna do 10 more starting now. 3 minutes rest between each set (of 30).

 

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[Madame Peccato]

Okay I definitely can't do this.

My arms died at the 22nd rep of the 3rd set

I'll rest a bit and do another set, see what happens. I'll go back to sets of 20 tomorrow.

 

[WestCoast]

It's May 1, so added 10 more to the routine.
140 a day now.

Haven't missed a day.

Somedays I think I'm getting stronger, some days it's a struggle. But, I do them daily regardless.