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I'm going to follow the plan at http://hundredpushups.com and eventually do 100 push ups straight. I just did 26 "good form" push ups for the initial test, so that means I start the program in week 3 under the "> 25 push ups" column. Wednesday will be day one, and I'll proceed with day two on Friday and day three on Monday. |
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After every session I'll post a log here detailing the actual push up counts and a bit about how I'm feeling. By September 1st I will see if I can do 100 consecutive push ups. This permits me to repeat a week if necessary as long as I do the final test on the last day. |
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I'll be done when I can do 100 push ups. Even if there are unexpected setbacks, I will do this. It's not over until I can do 100 push ups. |
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Seeing myself continuously improve will be really gratifying. |
Comments & Observations
Jake Mitchell I forgot to mention that I tried this in college and got through a few weeks. If I remember correctly, I did about 14 push ups for my initial test and got to the point where I could do 40-something push ups consecutively. For some reason I stopped a few weeks in. There must be some positive residual effects of that training because this time my initial test was so much higher. Makes me wonder how much effort it takes to maintain the ability to do 100 push ups.
Jul 27, 2010
Matthew Cornell I love it! Can't wait to see how it goes. I wonder if your body will look different as a result. That could add to enjoying the journey.
Jul 27, 2010
Koen I love it too. Keep us posted!
Jul 28, 2010
Jake Mitchell Gah, my arms are *so* heavy! I did the first four sets fine, but it got really slow toward the end. For the fifth set I was supposed to do my max which needed to be at least 20. Nope.
Set 1: 14
Set 2: 18
Set 3: 14
Set 4: 14
Set 5: 9
Jul 28, 2010
Matthew Cornell That's great, Jake! No way I could do 60.
Jul 28, 2010
Jake Mitchell On they Week 1 page they advise to start on Week 3 if you can do more than 20 push ups. I disagree. I'm still stuck on day 1 of Week 3:
Set 1: 14
Set 2: 18
Set 3: 14
Set 4: 14
Set 5: 7
There was a slight regression there, but I'm pretty sure that's just the initial hump. I felt sore much sooner today, so my body's probably just getting used to repairing those muscles.
Jul 30, 2010
Matthew Cornell Keep it up!
Jul 30, 2010
Jake Mitchell Okay, I'm making some improvement, but I'm still stuck on the same day.
Set 1: 14
Set 2: 18
Set 3: 14
Set 4: 14
Set 5: 14
Maybe I'll be able to get my fifth set up to 20 on Wednesday.
Aug 02, 2010
Matthew Cornell Hi Jake. How's the experiment going? What's your take on the results so far?
7 days ago
Ralf Westphal I´m going to a gym to build up muscles. It´s a health oriented gym instead of a "vanity gym" ;-) And they tell us: 1. Don´t come more often than every other day, i.e. 3 times a week. 2. Don´t try to force build up of muscles. Do it gently. That means: Find your limit, e.g. 26 push ups "the right way". Then increase by 5%. If next time you do 28 push ups ok, increase by 5%. If next time you do 30 push ups ok, increase by 5% etc. etc. This will gradually lead you to your maximum strength (which might be more or less than is needed for 100 push ups).
This so worked pretty nicely for me. On several of the gym´s machine I was able to increase my strength by 30-50% - which means I´m now on a couple of plateaus ;-) Going there once a week lets me keep my strength level. Going more often lets me increase it still a bit. Pausing for a month costs me some 5%.
6 days ago