One Hundred Pushups programme

[b00n]

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.

[OldBloke]

I'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:

[BrotherTobious]

EPIC FAIL for me!! restart the level!!!

[RizZy]

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.

[Dewey]

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:

[Gh0st Face Killah]

I'll stick with my 8 week Gym cycle.

Its a killer but the results will be well worth it!!

[delanvital]

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:

Hang in there!

[Luminance]

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:

That's exactly what I did, Completed week 1 yesterday, and felt no muscle ache this time

[Gh0st Face Killah]

Try these variations for a better work out.

[delanvital]

Sweet

[DuVeL]

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.

[Bob]

So, how are you folks doing? This thread went remarkably quiet about half a year ago or so :narnar:

[TeaLeaf]

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.

[delanvital]

So, 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!

[T-Bag]

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.