hundred pushups program

I posted earlier in thread about lower back pain. I'm sure it was the flying (2 long haul flights in a week) that I did and not the push-ups.

I cracked 100 today!!! Week 3, Day 2, Level 2 - Managed 103 (but 3 of those were not 'good form' so I'm calling it 100).

Started with 14 in initial test.
12 May - Week 1 day 1 - Total: 49
6 June - Week 3 day 3 - Total: 100

Somewhere in the middle of that I did the progress test and got 26.

Tip: I've found that counting backwards from goal to zero really helps. 25,24,23, etc ... when I get to zero I aim for 10 extra and sometimes make it.
 
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Waaib said:
I posted earlier in thread about lower back pain. I'm sure it was the flying (2 long haul flights in a week) that I did and not the push-ups.
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no, I also get lower back pain from push ups so Ive been working also on a lot of lower back strengthening exercises.
 
requiem said:
OW. OW. OW. OW.
The sets were 18, 18, 20, 20, 17, 17, 20, 45.
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Nice! I thought I was doing something wrong based on your 8 sets but I skipped ahead to see and I see they do indeed ramp up the sets a bit.

Exhaustion test for week 2 for me today.
 
Waaib said:
Tip: I've found that counting backwards from goal to zero really helps. 25,24,23, etc ... when I get to zero I aim for 10 extra and sometimes make it.
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I'm going to try that, instead of counting Up to the target :D
 
sigh dilemma time:(
just youtubed good form push ups:sick:

so not sure if I should start week 1 again and do them properly or just continue onto week 3 and try and improve the form from here....:confused:
 
lived666 said:
sigh dilemma time:(
just youtubed good form push ups:sick:

so not sure if I should start week 1 again and do them properly or just continue onto week 3 and try and improve the form from here....:confused:
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Carry on with week 3 with correct form? - if you are pretty close to completing the required number of pushups.
 
Going to continue doing week 5 but from column 1, 2 is just a little too much atm.
Finished day 1, and week 1 of 200 sit-ups. Alternating between each set, 1 set push-ups, start 60 second timer, do 1 set sit-ups, reset timer, repeat. My heart is pounding after that. XD Also threw in 5 dumbbell curls each arm when I had about 15 seconds left on the timer after each set.
 
I caught a bit of a flu this weekend.

Going to wait till i'm over the worst of it to do my end of week 5 exhuastion test.

:)
 
Ok now I'm feeling the improvement!
Just did week 4, day 2, column 3.

On the last set I managed a maximum of 55. My initial test was 48. My exhaustion test at the end of this week will be interesting :D

Not quite keeping up with the situps and crunches, hard to force yourself to exercise everyday but I'll keep trying.
 
requiem said:
How was your form bad?
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I wasnt going low enough and arms werent at the proper 90 degree angle when going down (man that sounds wrong), more like at 45 degrees.
Anyhow makes a huge difference, but finished day 1 col 2 ok, will stay on top of this, it does make you feel better.
 
Okay Day 1 Week 3 completed. I was supposed to do this yesterday but I didn't feel up to it...I guess I felt a bit down after only doing 21 pushups for the exhaustion test.

Today however I wish it had been fewer (17 pushups for set 2 and then again for the last set - are you friekin' mad?). So 12+17+13+13+18 = 73 pushups for the day...amen and goodnight :p
 
Week 5 column 3 finished. Can't believe it, thought I would need at least two attempts for it. I'm managing 55 pushups on the last sets :wtf:

Edit: I notice in my last post I incorrectly said I was doing week 4 when I was doing week 5. Oh well, exhaustion test and then on to week 6.
 
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Well done to everybody that is showing such good progress! :D

Due to being super busy and illness, I have fallen off pretty badly...

So I am starting Week 3 AGAIN :rolleyes:
 
My shoulder is slowly getting better. Still can't lift my arm higher than my shoulder though :(
 
Man...I skipped out this whole week...feel terrible.
I'll be starting again next week :-(
 
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