Be Excellent To Each Other

In an effort to reduce my unsightly man-boobs I am embarking on the... *clears throat*

ONE HUNDRED PUSH UPS CHALLENGE!

On the initial test, I scored a frankly pathetic 4, leaving me on rank 1 with the old ladies and accident victims so it looks like I need the work.

Wish me luck

Tracking spreadsheet:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... y=CJexipoE

You did four push-ups?

Yep. Hence my need to do more push ups, innit?

Dear god man, I thought you meant a rank 4 - 30 to 49 pushups

Yes, yes. I am embarrassingly weak. This shall be fixxored

Try pull ups too..

I have another bloody night in Reading... I hate this place now

Pft... I haven't even tried one of those since I was 15.

Baby steps, man!

sit ups?

Even I can do pull ups and I am overweight!!

Sit ups, no problem. My lower body strength is immense having been a sprinter in my youth. Upper body strength is bobbins though.

Damn computers, ruined my guns.

I haven't tried pushups properly since knackering my arm. I had to do girly pushups as part of my physio, but the real, manly ones still screw with the joint too much. I'm sure it'd get better with continual practice, possibly, or it might just royally break it.

I have joined ye on the challenge. Needed something to kick start me back on some kind of fitness kick and this seems to fit the bill. I even sprung for the app.

Slightly hampered by the dog festering round me I managed 21 for the initial test which is is actually 1254 in normal sit ups because my arms are so fucking long. Honest guv.

Yeah... they're bastards

Been trying to be more active myself, doing more than 4 push ups/sit ups/pull ups a day and been out with the family on our bikes the last couple of weekends.

I might try it too, as I only have 5 weeks till season starts..

I hope I can play this time round..

I did the hundred pushup challenge thing last year... for 3 days, before thinking, fuck this.

Use the time you save by not doing pushups all evening, to earn some extra money. Then you can employ someone to follow you around and pick you up from the floor should you ever fall over and land on your front with no other way of getting up other than pushing your arms straight ahead in front of you.

I think I'll do this 100 push ups challenge.

100 push ups in 6 weeks? Easy! That's only about 3 a day.

I am also in on the 100 push-ups challenge. This requires its own thread.

We could time this so we're all doing 100 push ups at the Tinkers meet!

I am tempted said challenge to start next monday.

We should make this into an Xbox live camera event.

I'll do it!

go on then. Can some nice over-worked mod split it out? Ta.

Can someone explain this website to me, I just can't comprehend the pricing.

Also "in". On the basis that anything KovacsC can do, I must do better

I can probably do about 30 in a single go at the moment, so I might try this. I think we should get Mr Dave in on this, as he should be able to do it no probs, what with him actually weighing a negative amount.

I might try this. Pencil-thin arms will be advantageous, right?

I'm going to do the suggested Mon, Wed, Fri routine.

Starting next Monday

On the initial test, I beat DavPaz.

That is all.

Must be, less weight innit!

No propellers!

Fucking heck, just did 15 - I'd forgotten how horrible and difficult they were. Fuck push-ups.

In. Last time I gave it a go I got half way through week 3, hurt myself on the boat & gave up.

Also, I think I squashed a bollock when I collapsed after the last one.

I think you maybe didn't read it properly Wullie, I can't see any mention of a boat anywhere.

In all seriousness, I did this for about 2 weeks when I tried it, it really is massively more difficult than it seems!

Anybody want to predict how long they think they will last, and how many they will get to in one go? We can then all point and laughcongratulate you when you manage it...

I'm going to do the test now. No, I'm going to have a cup of tea and a biscuit first.

Carb-loading, eh?

You do improve quite quickly, though.

Sure, you hit your plateau really quick

I think you maybe didn't read it properly Trooper, I can't see any mention of a plateau anywhere.

Seriously, guys, it's just you and the floor. Stop reaching for the props.

I too have always had crap upper body strength (unable to do pull ups, climb ropes, do monkey bars etc) I used to have very good lower body strength (was also a sprinter, plus a bit of cycling) and regularly used to podium in swimming events.

Probably no good at any of them know, coincidently I started doing push ups as part of an exercise routine recently, (10 push up, 10 sit ups, 20 touch the toes, 20 star jumps, 20 goes on my bull worker 20 goes on my A shapped things you squeeze to work your fingers) which will get tougher (ie more repetitions for each activity) when I get more proficient at each task.

I hoep that still makes sense, got about 6 phone calls during typing this up.

Malc

612 bananas!

So, step one:


OK then, that should put things off for a week or two!

16 done, rank 3 then.

Is that all? What about this?



BOATS AND 'EAUS!

All the winners stood on you?

Well I was going to start today but I guess I can wait until Monday