I recall James doing a post on this (http://hundredpushups.com/index.html), and I've just started. Anyone who wants to follow along? I do daily challenges and skip the restoration day, but other than that, I stick to it. It is a 6 week program which requires very little daily or every other day effort.
Aye, why not. Say when...
Yeah why not. I just started a week ago with chinups as a m8 of mine installed a chinupbar at my place.
Also for me a good way to make my back a bit stronger.
EDIT; an interesting read here; LINK (http://www.military.com/military-fitness/workouts/tips-for-better-pullups)
Wanna do this whilst your at it?
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/test.html
I'm in and yes, let's do both :)
Right, I have done both for today :)
Edit: I am using the logger on the site
This is strange. I've started building up the number of press-ups and can do recently. I borrowed some press-up bars from my housemate (my wrists sometimes click after a while without them). I'll give this a go.
Quote from: T-Bag;288289This is strange. I've started building up the number of press-ups and can do recently. I borrowed some press-up bars from my housemate (my wrists sometimes click after a while without them). I'll give this a go.
press-up bars is a great thing. Gives a much better exercise. Still noddin wrong with the old fashion one :)
I will join you :) but I'm its more like a 12 week program for me :D (I never did start it lol)
there are a couple of apps for the iphone as well :)
Such as?
Quote from: Penfold;288292Such as?
http://hundredpushups.com/iphoneapp.html
Count me in for sit ups & push ups. :)
I decided to get fit so I started going to the gym at my new work, but then I started cycling to work too which has been cutting into my gym time, so something I can do at home is perfect. :)
Edit: Actually, two hundred squats (http://www.twohundredsquats.com/) as well? Who's in for the full monty? :P :P
Quote from: b00n;288301Count me in for sit ups & push ups. :)
I decided to get fit so I started going to the gym at my new work, but then I started cycling to work too which has been cutting into my gym time, so something I can do at home is perfect. :)
Edit: Actually, two hundred squats (http://www.twohundredsquats.com/) as well? Who's in for the full monty? :P :P
I thought about those as well, but I am running regularly for a race mid october (a 12 km mud race with challenges along the way)... well what the feck, I am in as well :D
Well I'm not proud and can say, with only mild embarrassment, that I only managed a straight 25 press ups before eating the carpet.
More embarrassing was the fact someone came into the office whilst I was mid-stride. Hmm must remember to shut the door lol :doh:.
I'm gonna get over my cardiac shock and then I'll try the sit-ups.
Here's some I did earlier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCwz2sDc24). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCwz2sDc24)
Knackering, I can tell ya. :showoff:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCwz2sDc24)
Quote from: Penfold;288306Well I'm not proud and can say, with only mild embarrassment, that I only managed a straight 25 press ups before eating the carpet.
More embarrassing was the fact someone came into the office whilst I was mid-stride. Hmm must remember to shut the door lol :doh:.
I'm gonna get over my cardiac shock and then I'll try the sit-ups.
No embarrassment required - I only did 15!
Think I'll do the push-ups and squats mon/wed/fri, sit-ups tue/thu/sat. Will let you know how the squats go when I get home.
Quote from: Doorman;288307Here's some I did earlier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCwz2sDc24). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCwz2sDc24)
Knackering, I can tell ya. :showoff:
As strong as he is, I can't help but feel something is wrong with his wimpy legs...
Quote from: delanvital;288297http://hundredpushups.com/iphoneapp.html
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/iphoneapp.html
and http://www.twohundredsquats.com/iphoneapp.html
Thanks - lol. I saw the iphone link moments after posting. RTFM eh :)
I checked the calendar. With this being a 6 weeks program, the final day will be Sunday 4th October. I know this present week is not complete, but do people agree on this? If okay, we now have a target to aim for :)
yes except with 25 pushups it's telling me to start at week 3.
And also not counting any weeks that folks might have to repeat... :rolleyes::norty:
Quote from: Penfold;288317yes except with 25 pushups it's telling me to start at week 3.
I went to week 3 too. You don't win till you reach 100 though.
Quote from: Penfold;288317yes except with 25 pushups it's telling me to start at week 3.
Quote from: b00n;288329And also not counting any weeks that folks might have to repeat... :rolleyes::norty:
Both true. I am also supposed to start with week3. Hmmm... final deadline for me then would then be 4th of October. That leaves a couple of weeks to reiterate, should I fail to improve.
I am in and yes Pen you can stop laughing now :)
I'm in - just done the initial test as in the link below and I'm on level THREE :D Woohoooo! :D
http://hundredpushups.com/test.html
Did an initial squats test, managed 50 before stopping. Didn't seem to be too hard on the muscles, rather the searing pain from lactic acid build up prompted me to throw in the towel. :blink:
Just checked the programme, seems I will be starting in week 3 for squats.
Week 3 column 3 for me.....wishing I'd faked failure a little earlier. :doh:
Will start the program tonight.
Feeling the squats today. :(
This is slowly killing me. (by slowly I mean quickly, and by killing I mean knackering me)
That was day 2 complete. I went all out with push-ups, sit-ups, squats and chin-ups. Feeling fine so far :)
I manged six push ups before I fainted. maybe I should just go for a gentle walk to the park ? 100 push ups :blink: it aint going to happen :)
Quote from: smilodon;288497I manged six push ups before I fainted. maybe I should just go for a gentle walk to the park ? 100 push ups :blink: it aint going to happen :)
The thing is - you could do that! 6 weeks makes a hell of a change :D
Started off yesterday, got to 8 slow ones in a row.
(if you do it very fast, its way to easy, then 20-30 should be doable for anyone)
gave myself couple min rest, and started on the first 6.
But I was unable to complete the 2nd set of 6 :(
So I'll consider yesterday as the trial day, and start today for real.
Was wondering though, they tell you what to do on the 1st 2nd and 3rd day of the 6 weeks, but how about the other 4??
Quote from: Luminance;288666Was wondering though, they tell you what to do on the 1st 2nd and 3rd day of the 6 weeks, but how about the other 4??
Rest days
Rest days? Great I'll start with a few of those. I'll take the first half dozen now eh.
Seriously I'll have a crack starting today. My goal is to get into double figures before Xmas. Wish me luck.
4! rest days???
pfft
why wouldn't they do it like this then?
week 1:
day 1 workout
day 2 rest
day 3 workout
day 4 rest
day 5 workout
day 6 rest
day 7 rest
Seems more logic to me.
ah well, maybe it works better this way.
Yup, on week one it gives a description and says Mon, Wed, Fri seems to work best for him.
Quote from: Luminance;2886744! rest days???
pfft
why wouldn't they do it like this then?
week 1:
day 1 workout
day 2 rest
day 3 workout
day 4 rest
day 5 workout
day 6 rest
day 7 rest
Seems more logic to me.
ah well, maybe it works better this way.
You got it bang on - that's exactly what they suggest. :)
I'm doing the pushups and squats on those days and the situps in between, so they aren't really 'rest' days entirely. But yeah, the idea is to take it easy and build up slowly - rest days are just as important as workout days if you want to see the maximum benefit.
oh oops, hadn't read all the way through the whole story, ok then I'll take a rest day today, as my muscles near my arm pits hurt a bit when tensioned anyways :)
So.. how are ppl coming along? I am keeping with it. I struggle the most with the sit ups, the push ups are doing fine. I ditched doing squats as I found I could the 200 already. The chin-ups are a PITA and struggling with 4 round of 5 repetitions.
my wrist, knee and "arm pit-muscles", kept hurting more and more over after it, finally stopped today. So haven't advanced yet, gonna go see if I can find a rope to do some jumps over it (don't know how to call it in english) so that I'll warm up better first, and then start as if it where day one with column 2.
EDIT: Almost completed the first day exercise. My arms refused to complete all of the last (minimum) 5 pushups.
Almost is not good enough, but atleast its a good improvement over friday :D
Quote from: Luminance;288958my wrist, knee and "arm pit-muscles", kept hurting more and more over after it, finally stopped today. So haven't advanced yet, gonna go see if I can find a rope to do some jumps over it (don't know how to call it in english) so that I'll warm up better first, and then start as if it where day one with column 2.
EDIT: Almost completed the first day exercise. My arms refused to complete all of the last (minimum) 5 pushups.
Almost is not good enough, but atleast its a good improvement over friday :D
My advice would be - take more rest days. When you're just starting out and your body isn't used to recovering, it can take until the second day after exercising before you really feel the burn. If you find this is the case don't go ahead with the routine anyway, take an extra rest day even if it means a 'week' of exercises actually takes longer than a week. The pain in your muscles is a good thing because it's a sign of your body healing the damage to your muscles, but you need to give it time to do the healing. As you get used to it the recovery time should get shorter.
Google for some stretching exercises for triceps, shoulders and back and do them before and after the routine. If you're getting pain in your joints (particularly wrists when doing pushups) you need to make sure you're warming those up too by rotating wrists, elbow and shoulder joints. Muscle pain = good (as long as you don't overdo it), joint pain = bad. Doing a couple of minutes jumping rope ('skipping' in english btw ;)) is a good idea. :)
I've nearly finished week 1 of pushups, they are probably the toughest for me. I started squats and did the initial test and day 1. I got 50 in the initial test and managed to equal that for the max reps at the end of day 1, which I consider an improvement having done the day 1 routine as well. Sit-ups, I started last night and 25 in the initial test, which puts me in category 3. I wondered if I should try to push for 30 to start in week 3, but overall I think I will benefit more from starting where I'm at. :)
Keeping a close eye on body measurements to make sure I'm getting the right kind of results (ie not getting fat) as I've gained just over a stone since I started back in the gym mid-July. :blink:
I'm building myself up to starting. I meant to start yesterday.
I'll start today.
I started the pushup programme lastnight after doing the initial test on sunday evening where i managed 10 pushups :sad:,feeling the burn in my chest muscles today,although i did manage 12 at the end of lastnights programme :yahoo:so improvement there.
Will also do the situp programme tonight,i can already do 50 situps but am going to start in column 3 on week 1 as i want to do both as a 6week programme as well as some mountain biking at the weekends.
Successfully completed week 1 of pushups. :yahoo:
Sit-ups and squats going well but I'm considering postponing the squats for now as I'm cycling every day anyway, so my legs are getting plenty of exercise (maybe too much :eyebrow:). When the weather worsens over winter to the point where I'm not cycling every day, then I can pick up the squats again.
Quote from: Penfold;289018I'm building myself up to starting. I meant to start yesterday.
I'll start today.
I'm still in the planning stage. I'll use the rest of this month on the site survey and October for the risk assessment :flirty:
EPIC FAIL for me!! restart the level!!!
I've started the 100 pushups thingy a few times & where I generally fail is remembering to do it, I've given up for the time being as I'm back in the gym instead.
Glad I found this thread - I've been promising I'd get myself into shape for ages. I do badminton for 4 hours a week, but you can't beat doing a wide range of exercises. So Ranger and I are both starting the push ups and situps tonight. Also bought a WII and EA Fitness Instructor - which I bought for my wife but has a good range of aerobic excersises so I'll try and fit them in too.
Pocketmod for both printed and ready to follow... wish me luck comrades! :boxing:
I'll stick with my 8 week Gym cycle.
Its a killer but the results will be well worth it!!
Quote from: Dewey;289360Glad I found this thread - I've been promising I'd get myself into shape for ages. I do badminton for 4 hours a week, but you can't beat doing a wide range of exercises. So Ranger and I are both starting the push ups and situps tonight. Also bought a WII and EA Fitness Instructor - which I bought for my wife but has a good range of aerobic excersises so I'll try and fit them in too.
Pocketmod for both printed and ready to follow... wish me luck comrades! :boxing:
Hang in there! :D
Quote from: b00n;289017My advice would be - take more rest days. When you're just starting out and your body isn't used to recovering, it can take until the second day after exercising before you really feel the burn. If you find this is the case don't go ahead with the routine anyway, take an extra rest day even if it means a 'week' of exercises actually takes longer than a week. The pain in your muscles is a good thing because it's a sign of your body healing the damage to your muscles, but you need to give it time to do the healing. As you get used to it the recovery time should get shorter.
Google for some stretching exercises for triceps, shoulders and back and do them before and after the routine. If you're getting pain in your joints (particularly wrists when doing pushups) you need to make sure you're warming those up too by rotating wrists, elbow and shoulder joints. Muscle pain = good (as long as you don't overdo it), joint pain = bad. Doing a couple of minutes jumping rope ('skipping' in english btw ;)) is a good idea. :)
I've nearly finished week 1 of pushups, they are probably the toughest for me. I started squats and did the initial test and day 1. I got 50 in the initial test and managed to equal that for the max reps at the end of day 1, which I consider an improvement having done the day 1 routine as well. Sit-ups, I started last night and 25 in the initial test, which puts me in category 3. I wondered if I should try to push for 30 to start in week 3, but overall I think I will benefit more from starting where I'm at. :)
Keeping a close eye on body measurements to make sure I'm getting the right kind of results (ie not getting fat) as I've gained just over a stone since I started back in the gym mid-July. :blink:
That's exactly what I did, Completed week 1 yesterday, and felt no muscle ache this time :D
Try these variations for a better work out.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/DjHippy/Random%20stuff/pressups.jpg)
Sweet :)
I had to skip it.
Had to play to many matches lately and referee a few.
Will try the program next week again though and start from fresh.
So, how are you folks doing? This thread went remarkably quiet about half a year ago or so :narnar:
They would reply but their deltoids are now so big that they cannot bring their arms down by their sides to get them to a keyboard and type. Either that or their arms fell off and they will reply by pressing keys with their tongue. Honest.
Quote from: Bob;305306So, how are you folks doing? This thread went remarkably quiet about half a year ago or so :narnar:
Did it, the sit ups were a massive pita. I am up for it again :)
Edit: I spent about a month extra!
Didn't make the 100, I got tired and bored. I've gone back to climbing again. I find it more enjoyable...although less strenuous.
I was about 20 weeks into the 6 week pushup programme when I broke my shoulder (not doing pushups).