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Right, I just bit the bullet and did week 1 day 2 and it wasn't as bad as I feared. I managed to do 25% more than last time.
I am going to hurt like hell tomorrow though, I just know it.
Anyone still sticking to this? I just did my 22-30-20-20 & 38 today...
...also started the sit-up plan to get rid of the auld gut 😕
I've just finished week one after taking a a fortnight over it; being ultra-cautious to avoid injury and build up the strength slowly - overdid things last year.
Week two starts tomorrow.
Started it last week in week 3, column 1. So tonight start week 4.
Not wishing to sound a complete sack but I'm finding it reasonably easy so far (the last set of the last day last week I managed 26). Am pessimistically guessing that won't last.
I am doing week 3 day 1 today. When I did my 'recalibration' test yesterday I was really surprised to find I could move up to the next level too. It's (currently) going better than I expected.
Going to start the situp thing this week too, I think...
Just finished week 4 column 1, and the progress test has put me into week 5 column 2. Looking at the jump in numbers I think this may be where the real pain begins.
I'm about to embark on wk 4 col 2. I think I am going to start struggling now and depending how tomorrow goes I may choose to repeat week 3 instead - the dodgy shoulder has been grumbling a bit so I reckon I should take it steady.
Still, I'm pleased I've got this far AND that I've stuck with it...
my shoulder got a bit upset after one session and I decided to give it a rest for a while before it felt better. I've not really started again 🙁
I've just injured my back in an SXC race which will set things back a bit. Hadn't progressed beyond week 2 anyway, though I'm determined to make progress with it once the back is ok again.
Week 2 was feeling quite easy; I'm not really pushing myself because I'd been concerned about the dodgy shoulder.
I think I've got to that stage in life when there is ALWAYS something that hurts... 😥
That's a good program - impressed.
I used to teach the circuits/exercise side of a kickboxing class and we used similar technique but that's more refined.
Be really careful with bad shoulders - mine used to dislocate all the time (30+ times) and press ups didn't help when it went - however after it healed a bit, they helped strengthen my rotator cuffs (the supporting muscles that keep your shoulder "in")
Should anyone be struggling, let me know - I've spent almost 20 years training like a nutter in the gym and at home so have become pretty good at press ups/pull ups/sit ups/etc.
If anyone here gets really good, I can show them a very evil press up variation. Very few people can do them.
No thanks mate, I can handle this one myself.
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Errmmmm....
Surf mat, what is this demon pressup technique? I know a few hard ones... And I'm in, but injured my wrist again yesterday so will start tomorow or Wednesday. I'm intruiged where I'll have to start...0
Lyons - got some pics but will avoid posting them if I can help it...!
Basically kneel down with feet touching a wall (behind you). Put your hands in a diamond shape no more than 8 inches from your knees. Put your head "in" this diamond. Straighten your legs (you'll now be in an inverted "V" shape). Now push up from this position - very intense on your triceps. Not many can do them properly.
There's also "gecko" press ups and a few others.
If the text doesn't help, I will resort to pics.
Trying to do "planche" press ups but they are VERY hard. Getting there.
Can do around 150 press ups, 25 pull ups, etc, etc blah blah and weird gymnastic "stunts" using upper body strength (free standing handstand press ups, etc). All a bit pointless but kind of fun.
Just did week 2 day 1 (I am in group 3 having done 15 on my initial test) - 14, 14, 10, 10, 15
The last set were extremely hard and I now feel battered.
I'm starting on monday, managed 27 on the initial test. Got my plan on my door, I'm starting on week one and hopefully ready to. How are you guys finding it?
Just noticed this thread, so joined in. Did 13 on initial test, but no way can I do column 3! 2 sets of 10 was my limit.
So will continue on Weds with column 2.
Just completed wk6 col3, when you actually complete the programme what's next do you try to build up to sets of 100 or solely 100 every other day?
Just started week 5 now having started the programme last month (at wk3) I am chuffed to have doubled my capability to 55 - todays session being 36, 40, 30, 24, 55 which felt like a lot!
The next phase looks intense though, bit worried!
I must be a big ponce as as usual i hit week 4 and just get stuck for ages.
I've been doing a week every 10-14 days as a result of distractions etc - no rush, but I can definitely do more now than when I started.
I'll put out the flags when my better half spots any difference...
I think the person who came up with the original completely unachievable plan must be pissing themselves with laughter 🙂
150 push ups - yes but not easy
25 pull ups - yep.
200 sit ups - yep
200 squats - hard but doable.
Not all one after the other but can definitely do level 7 on all if done individually. Been at this kind of stuff for almost 20 years though (now 34).
grtdkad - MemberI've been doing a week every 10-14 days as a result of distractions etc - no rush, but I can definitely do more now than when I started.
I'll put out the flags when my better half spots any difference...
Mine did the other day... and I'm only on week 4... But having said that I'm built like an anorexic pipe cleaner that has just suffered from a nasty bout of dysentry after a month-long fast... So improvements are fairly obvious...
150 push ups - yes but not easy
No shit. 
As said up there, I was concerned at the jump from Week 4 column 1 to Week 5 column 2. And rightly so - I failed spectacularly on day 1.
Ignored days 2 and 3 and went on a drinking/smoking/cake-eating binge instead.
Am now repeating Week 5 but doing column 1 instead.
Started week 3 column 3 yesterday. Completed all of it and pushed out 30 for the last set. No aches today.
LOL at Helios...
I long for a bout of dysentry! but will just have to go out on my bike instead...
I'm still haunted by the comments I overheard at Mayhem a few years ago.."...look there's a hefty one..." (rider)
ooh me too beamers, managed to push 40 though on the last set - god knows how 😯 . been nowhere near that before!
Oh man, I wish I hadn't seen this thread.
I did it last year and got up to about 68-ish before going on holiday and abandoning it.
Really should get back on it again...
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Week 3, Day 2, Column 3 completed this morning. 40 press ups in the last set. (trying to match dirtbikers final set figure above)
ha ha ha beamers i don't want to make this a competition! congrats though, just about to get mine done...
40 on the last set and it nearly killed me ha ha ha
after 2 weeks of a lack of motivation as I was on "holiday" I am on week 3 for the 3rd time.
I think I am probably going to have to repeat week 3 again next week as well as I am struggling to hit the goal for the final max set.
But I can certainly do more than I could when i started - even if doing it in 6 weeks was a little optimistic
I only managed 9 (level 2) on my initial test. WHAT A WIMP!
I think therefore I should join up
I can only improve from that and those muscles (that feel worked now) don't feel like they've ever been used....
Is anyone else having difficulty getting access to the 'logger' part of their website?
100 one-arm ones is not too bad after a bit of training. Me and my training partner conquered it relatively quickly last summer. Our current programme has plyometric (sp?) press-ups in pyramid sets. So we start at 10, then do 9 etc down to 1, them come back up to 10 again. The last few sets are killers (8,9,10 reps). We're also doing the same thing with one-arm press-up's, but doing them ascending. After doing the plyo's we only got to 6 (starting at 1 and going up a rep at a time), then back down to 1 again. Will hopefully get to 10 in the next few weeks.
Keep up the good work everyone, stick in 🙂
End of week two and an old shoulder injury has reared its head. A week off for me.
anyone still doing this?
some of us at work are doing it, and im on week 6 now (started at week 3)
did 73 on the trot yesterday. but from being able to achieve the goals quite easy to start with, im only just sneaking in now, with 1 to spare. this last week looks tough, so i think im just gonna have to keep repeating it over and over again.
just wondered whether there were many successes here, from people that started out only being able to do 30 or so.
cheers
Aaaargh!
I knew this would come back to haunt me...
I got lazy and didn't make it beyond week 2.
I WILL start it again. This week.
Day1, week 5 after some fannying around and hanging about on day 3, week 4 for a couple of repetitions. I have dropped down a column to middle as I want a more relaxed run in. 😆
I guess it works as I started week 1 in column 3 with a bit of a shock at being able to do 11-20 press ups... I was able to do 50 at the wk4 test. 😀 Now taking it easy.
OK, I'm in. Long way back to week5 where I bailed out last time 🙁
Went to a Pilates class this week.
Press-ups were the only thing I could do without quivering like a shitting dog.
I'll not be so quick to deride it as "girls' PE" in future.
So, how are you getting on then?
I've been taking it easy for the last month and am not following the timetable religiously. That means I've repeated days 1 and 2 of week five a couple of times and have just done the first set of day 3 week five, it hurt and I had problems doing the final 45 reps in one go, so the day will be repeated until the 45 come together.
I've also got a sit up program on the go, so I might be ready for the Speedos by New Year!
I'll not be so quick to deride it as "girls' PE" in future.
😆 😆
This thread keeps coming back to haunt me...
I've kept at the pilates ad noticed big gains in core stability on the bike and long-term niggling pains are beginning to diminish.
I've got two weeks holiday coming up so I might re-launch my 100 press-ups quest - previous attempts had always fizzled out due to back and shoulder pain so hopefully the "girls' PE" has stabilized those areas a bit.