Hundred Push ups?

Cam42 · 09-23-2009, 05:29 PM

Anyone else here doing/done the hundred push ups challenge? I'm in the middle of week 1, and wondering, What should I do between sets? Just rest?

jthomas1600 · 09-23-2009, 05:31 PM

What's the hundred push up challenge?

**bravesfan007** · 09-23-2009, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jthomas1600

What's the hundred push up challenge?

This.

It was a fairly big thing around here. I'm not sure if anyone is still doing it or not.

Cam42 · 09-23-2009, 05:47 PM

Whoops, forgot the link.

**thesteve** · 09-23-2009, 06:00 PM

I made it to week 5 (actually took me about 7 weeks to get this far) doing column 1. I stopped when my daughter was born and haven't been able to pick it up since.

Do you mean between sets as in between days, or between sets as in during the 45-90 second rest period?

Cam42 · 09-23-2009, 06:20 PM

yeah, the minute or so rest.

**thesteve** · 09-23-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Cam42

yeah, the minute or so rest.

I usually just stood up or sat in a chair and did my best to catch my breath. Early on the 60-90 seconds seems like too much time. Later on the 45-60 seconds doesn't seem like nearly enough time.

***Art*** · 09-23-2009, 11:46 PM

Sit down, and catch your breath. Exactly.

Cam42 · 09-25-2009, 09:38 PM

Okay, this is getting pretty hard, and I'm only on Day 3 of week 1. Week 2 should be fun.

**thesteve** · 09-25-2009, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Cam42

Okay, this is getting pretty hard, and I'm only on Day 3 of week 1. Week 2 should be fun.

I found that it got easier quickly and then very tough. Compared to week 1, I felt like week 3 was easy. Weeks four and five were brutal at times.

Cam42 · 09-25-2009, 09:55 PM

The first two days were easy enough, but Today wasn't too fun. Can't wait for week 5.

**Ted Logan** · 10-16-2009, 11:32 AM

In high school, before I started weight training, I did something similar to this on my own. I just started doing push ups to see what kind of endurance I could build up. I never shot for 100 in one set, but I would frequently do ten sets of 50. Then, from 1997 till this summer, I did no routine exercise. That's another story, though.

Cam42 · 10-18-2009, 11:02 AM

Well, I'm done with Week 4, I'll do the exhaustion test today, and see how many I can do now.

bowstaff981 · 12-28-2009, 09:38 PM

How many did you end up doing?

I've tried to star this a couple times but never made it past week one. Today was day two of week two. It's actually getting easier.

**thesteve** · 12-28-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bowstaff981

I've tried to star this a couple times but never made it past week one. Today was day two of week two. It's actually getting easier.

I've completely fallen off the boat, but did want to comment on this.

For me, weeks 2 and 3 were very easy. Somewhere around week 4 or 5 it starts getting tough, very tough.