This is absolutely mindblowing.

Playing about with little toys to do press ups! What the hell are they putting in the water these days?

Doing press ups (call them push ups if you have **** fantasies over American sitcoms and soaps if you like) quickly, will do your body hardly any good at all.

If your wrists stop you from doing them, then you have a problem and need surgery or physiotherapy (I too have had breakages and also have tendonitis from long term abuse… if your wrists are damaged enough to stop you, then you have really badly damaged wrists).

Press up bars will make it harder on the chest and arm muscles IF you are doing them properly. Those two extra inches bringing your chest nearly to the floor count for a lot!

Anyone doing each press up in just a couple of seconds or without a straight back is at best going to not get very much benefit, and at worse damage their back!

A full breath in and out on each repeat is essential.

And finally… what is wrong with our country / culture when 100 press ups is considered extreme?

Maybe this is what happens when our sporting outlook is dominated by games. *shrugs*

i was gunna post my progress as i started it on monday but i’ve slipped into a swoon induced coma

I can do 100 reasonably comfortably, but then I’ve always been able to do that. Being a skinny freak helps quite a lot. I do 50 every morning and 50 every evening though.

Just managed 20 with the Android App.It suggests I do 37 tomorrow. 😯

Week three Day one.
Last three of the last set were a bit of a struggle………..

And there’s many many many applications in your daily life where this is invaluable.

And once you can do 100, you need to keep doing press-ups for the rest of time, otherwise you’ll very quickly not be able to do 100 any more and all your efforts will have been for nothing.

I’m going to start the programme on Sunday 🙂

Good point by miketually too.

I’m in from Monday

I decided to see how many i could do: 22 in 40 seconds and 28 in 1 minute. Fairly happy with that given i’m run down/feeling weak at the moment. Then went on to do 6 sets of 10 reps of press ups/press ups with a side twist/press ups with feet in the trx mixed with mountain climbers. Don’t think I can fit in the press up challenge as have just started a new trx/kettlebell workout and its killing me.

100?

“Do these “100 push-up” doo-dah’s actually work?”

It’s the only way that we chaps can get to actually speak to girls…. 😉

careful with the situps – make sure that they are crunches as you can imbalance your core muscles and end up with a bad back.

You shouldn’t anchor your feet under anything for a start.

Week 3, day 2.
This could all end up being quite unpleasant and painful.

Those Hindu jobbies look excellent.. I’ll be giving them a try..

My little brother used to swear by these until he started taking his darts training a bit too seriously..

(not my brother in the vid BTW.. he’s always had a natural darts players physique..)

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w8WtFt0IPI[/video]

Up to 37 pressups on my android jobby.Think I should be doing a situps one.

Day 1 starts for me tomorrow. Also recruited a couple of fat blokes from work who are ‘wellard rugby players so should be interesting…me skinny bloke with long monkeyesque arms, them fat barstewards with only a few inches to drop 🙂

fended-less of your monkeyist prejudices please

Soz 😉

Week 3 day 3, strangely not as painful as day 2?

Weeds.
When I was in my late teens and early twenties we all could do 100 push ups, or as the school prefered as many in 60 seconds. Any kid talking was given between 10 and 50. It was currency before the net, mobiles etc.

When your in Woburn next, call me for a local speciality. Stone Throwing!
There’s a lake by the play area and you have to clear it.

Edit; only managed 37.

Edit edit, I’m in. Note to self don’t try push ups after twenty years of not doing them and after your evening meal.

As an aside – if people are just doing this as a challenge, then go for it, but if you want to get buff then forget it.

I’ve done press ups on and off for years and yes, you can see a difference if you keep them up. However, despite telling myself for years I never would, I’ve joined a gym. The transformation in a few weeks doing a full range of workouts is unbelievable.

If you do go to a gym though, work hard – don’t just fanny about like some you see there. Hit the biggest weight you can do 10-12 reps with, rest for a minute and then do another set – then another. Push yourself to do bigger weights and coupled with a decent diet you can get very toned, very quickly. Oh, and do some cardio while you are there too – for both fitness and fat burn.