I have a good friend that started a Facebook group with the goal of getting all members to 100 push ups.

So I'd like to see what guys here would be interested in the Odd Todd 100 Push up challenge?

Here's how it will work:

-We start with 30 standard push ups. Done correctly, no quick ones, no one armed, no double lindys...standard push up.

-Each day we as a group will increase our number by 1 push up.

-In one month, we will be at 60 push ups, at 2 months 90...and just a week or so into our third month, 100.

-The idea is to keep doing this in the interest of getting in shape.

-Once we have reached the 100 push up goal, we will start the sit-up challenge. Then mayeb squat challenge.

-Pictures, video and written testimonials are encouraged. We want to see everyone's progress.

-You can do sets if that is what you prefer (3 X 10, 3 X 20, 3 X 30, etc)

WHO IS IN!!!??!? We're going to get the men of the board in shape!! We'll get the group going Monday. If you choose to join later, you must join at the existing number of push ups.

DO IT TODD!!!

Are girls allowed? can I do half and be a wuss?

So, I put my push up bra on 30 times a day?

yeaaaaah...

y'all have fun with that.

Only dudes - you ladies can do a half pushup challenge...or yoga fest 2009. This is a dude thing.

Well, now I want to do it just cause I'm not allowed.

Its ok if you do, but women really do not have the upper body strength to do 100 standard pushups. Its biology.

LOL!!!!!

 

What about women with little boobies?

{golf whisper}

Pee Jay is under the impression that the males of this board are organized and motivated enough to carry something like this through.

Let's see what happens.

well poo on that. Yoga fest 2009...

and lol amber

{golf whisper}

If he thinks tOdd will participate, he is delusional. No offense.

Can we start with one pushup and work our way up from there?

That's the spirit, Barky.

Nothing like gunfire and screaming blood thirsty indians to wake you up in the morning! - Barkenstein

(golf whisper)

I like this ghost whisper thing...

Well - I don't want to get all muscle bound right off the bat.

I would play, but my left elbow creaks from all the screws holding it together. It's gross.

Land sakes alive, the steak's alive.

Can doc do them one handed to protect his left elbow... and post pics.

Did my post get lost somewhere? It said:

I'm IN!! I'll totally whip you at this!

Can you even reach the floor to do push-ups lil' Pee Jay?

Right now its a push-up contest between you and I.

Bark, start where you want to. come 100 for us, sit ups start!

Well I start Monday. I will post about progress for those who are joining in.

Where does Amber get this cut:

Pee Jay is under the impression that the males of this board are organized and motivated enough to carry something like this through.

Let's see what happens.

Just curious about the wellspring of that particular nonsense?

I'll swallow the less than sweet rejoinder that came to mind.

"What the sit is this?!"

I tried the 100 pushup challenge on this website:

http://hundredpushups.com/index.html

I was doing pretty good until I got lazy. I'm in, but my goal is, like the website, 100 consecutive, not just the capability to do 100 pushups.

Cool, good to have you Theo.

Not a personal slam, Squid. Just a joke.

I hope you're able to prove me wrong

Oh what the hell. I'm in.

I've been trying to go the gym 4 times a week anyway.

I'll throw down.

I'm going to start my journey with an attempt to see what my current max is.

I kinda think I could do 100 right now if forced to. I promise to give you the honest number after I try tomorrow. It's been a while since I did one, so I may be utterly full of shit.

I'll see if I can still do thirty sometime this weekend. I'll let ya know.

I'm in!

I'd better do something before I end up needing a push up bra.

aw but they fill out the coconut halves so nicely Jiggs.

I DO have great tits! But, Prop 8 dictates that I not have them so, time to remediate.

I'M IN. i really wanna do this in theory!

OK, I'm utterly full of shit.

I got to 20 and knew damn well I'd be lucky to see 50 let alone 100. So I just did my 30 and stopped. Honestly I think I could have made 50, but I didn't wanna feel that pain and have it stop me from doing 31 tomorrow.

So it begins.

10 of each


that's enough for today

I'm in with the push-ups.

When do we start?

I would be in for this if the starting point was 23. I know I used to be able to do way more than 23 but recent events (namely me trying some pushups 2 minutes ago) have proven to me that not doing pushups every day for long periods of time can lead to severe self-over-estimation about how many pushups one can actually do.

10,000 but I started with 10

I'm all but certain that I cannot do a single pushup. Therefore, I lose before I have begun.

I'm going to say that doing push ups would currently put too much strain on my knee, so I'm not allowed to do them, but if I were allowed, I could totally do ... one.

Sore today.

Did my 31.

Ow.

I bought one of these today:



so that I can get a better range of motion on the pushups, and so I can start doing pullups.

I'll do my 30 today.

32.

Where's everyone else?

Maybe us girls can do a sit-up challenge? I need to do something about this beer belly... besides fill it with beer, I mean.

Not "everyone" was invited to play along.

I did 30 yesterday and 31 today. I thought today was the offical start day though?

If I'm feeling good I'm gonna do a morning set and an evening set. I say that now but I'll probably get lazy and just do the one.

Wait, that was unnecessarily nasty. I'm trying to reform. Let's try it this way instead:

Anon, your post annoys me greatly.

How about this: I invite you to do situps with us if you want. Pick a name, and just join in, regardless of your gender.

If Pee Jay has a problem with that, I'll act as your judge advocate, and drive to Philly and give him a wedgie if necessary.

OK?

Let the girls have their makeup threads. Let us have our pushup threads. Done.

Exception: If you're a tomboy and you can do man style pushups, where you're not on your knees and you go all the way down, squishing your tatas flat into the ground .. then you're in, as far as I'm concerned.

Other than that, no girls allowed!

Today it is!

I will be doing mine with a coworker at quitting time...in my dress pants!!

Send in some photos or video as we go.

Also, have your own starting point. Figure out what you can handle first. We'll celebrate everyone's 100 as they happen. The point is for all of us to look like Hugh Jackman by the end of the year.

Did 15 pushups and 25 situps htis morning.







Followed by a 20 minute nap.

If you boys are going to look like Hugh, you may want to stop shaving too.

Well, if that is your goal I, for one, would appreciate these photos and videos...for research purposes.

Please can you imagine fatass and hobbit doing this? I for one call BS. I would love to see both of them "cam it"!

I've already got a beard! Unfortunately it's red. And it's going away in 7 days.

Ok I totally missed (until just now) that the rules say it was ok to do these in more than one set. I was wondering how the hell anyone was ever going to be able to do 100 in one set. I did 23 Saturday and 24 yesterday. Now I need a day off but will do 31 tomorrow. I've never been a serious worker-outer, but someone I know once told me that you should always take a rest day between working-out days. He gave me a long-winded explanation of why that is that I stopped listening to after a while and I don't know if that's just BS or not, but the way my muscles feel today I'm kinda thinking that's the way I'm going to need to do this.

Not sure who fatass and hobbit are, but I think there's an anon who's looking for some spank footage and is trying to coax peeps into filming it.

And as for the days off - I always heard that is for more strenuous exercises than stuff in the "body by floor" category.

I think my floor has more gravity near it than other people's floors have.

Wow. I was so ready to pull the F(eminist) card reading this thread and throw down on you guys.

And then... I got home from work and tried to do push ups. One? NOT EVEN. I am shocked! I suck! total reality check for me.

Good for you guys! You go! I am impressed.

However - situps? Maybe I can hang there.

How many times did Aurora put on a push up bra today?

I wore a push up bra! 10 hours straight!

Done did 33. Little better today. Feels warm but not painful.

16 pushups and 30 situps


I think that an increase of one a day is excessive.At least for the first week.
Maybe after that it would make more sense and be a bit easier to do.

Sort of like a break-in period.


This is going to kill me.

I did 33 full sit ups today.

Push-up validity question.

Which of the following is true:

a) A push up is valid if you go from extended arms to right-angle arms at the elbow. You should not go below right angle.

b) A push up is only valid if your chest touches the floor.


I lean toward A - not sure going to the floor is good for your elbow joints. Wanted to know what others thought.

These two online references seem to disagree:

1)http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Push-Up
2)http://www.ehow.com/how_3190_proper-push-up.html

I'm guessing so will we largely. Heh.

Its pretty much the same motion as bench pressing and they say not to go (much) below right angle in that, so I'm also leaning towards "A".

Success! And yes, sets are needed.

Ok, let's modify the rules...this is going to be difficult to do daily. Everyone shoould be on theri own schedule.

Start where you need to start...take a break for a day or two if you get sore. But let's keep everyone updated on progress.

Yesterday I did 5 sets....

10
12
7
7
10

I am going to continue with this same level this week. Then increase this in week 2.

10
12
8
8
12

Then week 3.

11
15
9
9
13

and so on. Remember, the point is to just to it!!

I'm up to 40, but I do them in my martial arts class only. Our goal, coincindentally, is one hundred.

Definition of a push up in class is...allowing your body to sort of free fall to the ground and push yourself up to full arm extention. We do them on our fists. Not that much more difficult then regular push ups, but s'pose to help with punches or something.

I've watched intructers and a few other students in the school do them on their knuckles. I can barely get into that position before crumbling to the ground.

No, Pee Jay, the point is to kick ass...

That's totally you isn't it!

this is a great thread.

Yea, who else would love me that much?

What say you, men of OT? Are you man enough to cam up, you little bitches?

Mevy, I wouldn't have pegged you as a light wash-acid wash blue jean, dude.

I'm strangely turned on.

They aren't acid washed, they're the real deal. I just sweat acid Actually, I've had em for about 8 years. Like Seinfeld described how men keep underwear forever, I'm gonna keep em until they disintegrate in the wind.

And of course you're turned on, Ginny. I'm awesome. I taught NPH everything he knows... err, except the homo thing. And this guy taught me:

I guess that answers Squid's question about who fatass is.

Put 20 years on and do that video Mevy.

That was impressive. Good work

Good stuff Mev! I'll try and get video of me doing mine at work.

ok, so they always say the 2nd day is sorest...

They were right...my boobs hurt.

I do another 46 today. I have a feeling there will be whimpering.

Todd, have you been doing them?

I was set to do 34 today, but I lost count and did 35.

Adelaide wants to ride on my back while I do them, which is adding a degree of difficulty.

I still haven't figured out how to make videos, but I have the equipment.

I'll look into it.


To the anon: Is that really the person you're proud to be?

Yeah, I'm not sure why someone would insult someone for doing push ups. If it was for being fat...umm, near as I can tell Mev is not fat.

ok, Squid said he felt this was bouncing around...and he's right.

The original idea was to add a push up a day. That's rough and I figured that out quickly.

This is the plan I am using right now. 6 Weeks of training to get to 100 consecutive push ups. Again, if you have a plan, stick to that. Its fun just hearing about how everyone is doing this.

AND on the site you'll see a link for 200 sit ups...could that be next?



http://www.hundredpushups.com/index.html

Hrmm.

That site is saying use rest days, and indicates that most of us could start at 'week three.' Which means those of us that were able to do greater than 25 pushups on the first try should be able to do the 100 in just 3 weeks.

I tend to agree that 5 sets will make me stronger than just adding +1 every day. No question about it in my mind.

I'm going to switch to this plan.

BONUS: It has an iPhone app for tracking!

I've done over 1000 pushups...

I would just like to point out that the picture PJ posted is a girl.

And I did my 33 sit ups today.

More man videos!!

"over 1000"

??

Hmmmm

I think you better check your math

Oh... I thought we were talking lifetime...

"To the anon: Is that really the person you're proud to be?"

Pot meet kettle, seriously you need to seek professional help. I would think someone that has spouted off some of the nastiest posts would not throw stones but alas I am not surprised.

EVEN if Squid has been nasty...and I'm sure he has. He has backed it up with posting under his name.

Have the courage of your convictions. REVEAL YOURSELF!!!

And why call Mev Fat? And why ruin the vibe of an otherwise fun/positive thread?

Because it makes message boards interesting? Seriously, you know everyone loves it. And I mean everyone in general, on every board I've ever seen. Right?

But to your thread - good luck on the push ups. The only kind I like are the orange sherbet ones, and if Fred Flintstone is printed on it, even better. Yes, I'm old.

I have no issue with being called fat. I've got about 20 +/- lbs. to loose, so it's not entirely inaccurate. To me, being called fat is like being called white. It's a zero sum joke. Or what Todd would call "whatevery."

I totally posted that same link wayyy earlier in the thread. Sometimes I feel like a ghost here. "Who's that tick kid butting in on our threads?"





Spoon!

No worries Theo, that is where I got the idea!

Full credit to Theo for righting the ship. Glad you're in.

Photos coming today!

Who is all doing this? Raise your hand again.

I'm mostly in but reserve the right to flake out at some later unspecified date.
I did my 31 yesterday. (16 & 15)

Yeah, when I'm nasty it's generally deserved and I do it as my fake internet name. I've also apologized as my fake name when that was warranted.

See, that makes it easier to hold me accountable, or say, to hate me for it ever after if you wanna. You know where to look for that dick Squid.

Presumably you're a coward who pretends to be nice to me somewhere else on this board. I think that sucks.

And no, I don't think everyone loves the drama at all. When someone with a name engages in it and folks have someone they think will listen (that maybe cares about their online reputation a little), they freely share that they wish it would stop.

So the pretend authority with which you are speaking about 'how it is' is nonsense - you're full of doo doo.

Likes to call people fat, resents licensed attorneys, is full of shit? I don't think this is anyone posting with a name right now, Squid. I think you took care of this one years ago and he still hates you for it. Just a theory.

100!

Know what's funny....this is about doing 100 PUSH UPS!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAH


HAHAHAH
HAHA

meh...

5! 5 real push ups! Them my elbow made a funny noise, and I'm going back to practicing walking on my hands. How about a "How far can you walk on your hands" challenge next?

Following the advice of Pee Jay's site, I did no pushups today.

I did do my situps routine. I'm 9 for 9 days on that. I promised myself I'd go 21 without stopping.

It's the ancient "Abs of Steel" video from the early 90s with Tamilee whomever. I strangely love her. The routine has restore my stomach from weak to strong probably 8 times since the early 90s, and it's comforting like my mother's cooking somehow.

ok, so I did fine...but there's a lot of pain right now. I will say, its great doing them here with my coworker because we both feel pressured to do them.

Pictures on Friday, I promise.

Did my sets according to week 3, day 1, third column on that site. Except I didn't hit 20 on my last set (the maxing set). Did all the first four, then failed at 12 on the fifth set.

So I'll do the second column on Sunday instead.

Alright,I can see right now I will not be able to keep up with you young punks.

So I decided that I am just going to do 15 pushups and 30 situps every day.

I bow out to the youth of the board.




Hey what do you want from a guy that's 57?




"There has to be an invisible sun."

Stay with us Bark!

How about three sets of 10, with 2 minute rests in between?

That'll do more than just the 15.

Yeah, just use the plan and start int he slower bracket. You'll get to 100 just in a longer time span.

Rainy will try! I am going to see about taking some tumbling lessons anyways.

What?! No tumbling puns? Darn!

Did 37 without too much trouble last night. (a little pause at 30, then pounded out the last 7) I think up to 50, give or take, will be pretty easy. But beyond 50 or 60... that's gonna separate the men from the boys

Who's still in this?

Did I miss your pics, PeeJay?

I'm still hanging on. Sort of. I did my 37 yesterday but had to do it in two sets with 1 min in between. I'm pretty sure I can get to 50 but if I do it's pretty much assured it's going to have to be done using two sets as well. So might as well enroll me in the boys club now.

But if I can keep up with doing 50 every other day I figure that'll be way good for me, and certainly better than the 0 I would have been doing if it hadn't been for this thread.

I'm still doing this. I've skipped a day here and there but I'm remaining fairly consistant. Yesterday I did 3 sets with one minute in between. 40, 25, 15. My arms were wet spaghetti noodles afterwards.



Spoon!

LOL! I would be one of the flat guys too.

Land sakes alive, the steak's alive.

Wow.  I didn't realize how much I missed you all until I read this thread.  I love it!  Mev, I personally thought when I was watching that you have a nice ass.  Totally don't give me the finger, I mean it!  And Potato said he might flake out - pun intended?  And the way you guys are turning this into a competition instead of a challenge is so you guys.  And Todd, I love you.   And girls, we need a separate crunch thread.  I am trying to get into a wedding dress.

sorry, life and work has been super hectic...BUT

I have been doing this and I am still on schedule in the program. Week 2 Day 2 today. Still get fatigued at the end, but no more soreness. In total I think I am doing sets that = 65 pushups.

I already see a difference in my arms.

You go, Pee Jay! The thing above wasn't meant as a slam, btw . . . just trying to keep the thread motivated!

TAM! I've missed you, girl! So happy to see you, and to hear that you'll be around!

I have missed you too, Lisa!  All of you.  You stupidheads!

15 pushups and 60 situps

situps 30 at a time with 2 minutes in between

I don't really feel any better and my back hurts sometimes.I'm sure it's just a matter of time before I will do more pushups.


'Nuff said






"There has to be an invisible sun."

Now try doing 50 Body builders - jumping jack, on to ground for push-up, snap legs back in, repeat until nauseous.

Yeah, my sadistic boxing instructor decided this would be good for us to do a few weeks back.

There was much soreness the following day. (I've been teaching a Boot Camp class lately, so I get to indulge my own sadistic fetishes. MUAHAHAHAHA!)

Yesterday I did four sets with 2 minute rests in between. 50, 25, 20, and 10, which means I did 100 for the first time...ever. After picking myself up off the floor I let out a "woohoo!" and got REALLY excited and pumped up...until I realized that's the most outwardly excited I've been about something in a long time. Then I made a pizza and sat down and watched TV. I thought about going and buying a case of beer but I thought that might defeat the purpose....

LOL!

 

Good for you. You guys are really doing very well

Hey Theo,

If my highly sophisticated mathematical calculations are correct, you actually did 105 pushups. Either way, nice job!

Hah. I guess that does read poorly. Rephrase: The first time I have done AT LEAST 100.

I am sad to report that I'm only up to 2 pullups, however. If I use true form 2 is as many as I can do. If I cheat I can do several more. My goal is 20.

Theo you are a beast.

I couldn't do 100 if I tried. Although PJ excused girls as they just aren't built for it.

CG doesn't know what she's missing...

Thanks liu!

To be fair, I'm kinda light which I suppose makes them easier (or thats what my "heavier" friends say anyways.) I have noticed my arms getting bigger and that makes me happy.

And as for CG, I have an update on that. Stay tuned!

Into week 3. Feeling stronger. my arms and chest are a lot tighter. No soreness now.

Pictures this week, I promise.

Todd, did you bail yet?