Hi all! Finally made it over here, after printing out the 100 Pushups challenge from the web for the third time. I am working on the modified ones/knee variety and trying to get in one good one. I'd worked up to 10 full toe ones about two years ago and then got sidetracked. SO now will start again, trying to do ONE and then move to the knee ones. I thought I was doing great until hubby corrected my form. Dang. Got a lot harder. I'll have him check it out and correct me again tonight so I get started in the right way

I do wall pushups in our restroom at work for some oddball reason ...

Frustrating as I used to do a good bit of yoga and pilates and the plank position so worked my core - now I have a lot more core to push up and down... so it'll help me get back into my yoga, too, i think. I hope! NO, I PLAN and carryout! (No, losing80 - not carryout food!)

So, count me in. Where do i pick up my tshirt and what's our team name?

NationalParker, it's great to see you over here! In honor of your finally taking the plunge, I'm officially opening the "Name this Team" contest! Post your ideas here. We'll vote and the winner will get a team t-shirt. Ideas?

Anyway, NP, loved your post. Got a big giggle on the bathroom pushups and being checked out/corrected by the DH. I am SO not going there, but maybe it's just late in the day. I think I'm stuck in a giggle fit. Oh crap, double entendre. Carryout food - such a bad food day. Sorry. Suddenly it's all about me. More back on the chat....

Eliana and Iaradanor, hullo! Eliana, we'll officially see you in April. Can I say "wow" on the caving and extrication? You're really inspiring me to do more body weight training, where you use your own weight and props around you - doors, playgrounds, fences, boyfriends - in your strength and cardio workouts. No comments re: the BF workout, ladies. I blush easily and will for sure hide under the table in mortification.

Iaradanor, how great you're already on your way to 100 pushups and never even knew it! Too good. Bring it!

I managed 30 pushups as my max today. Bye bye week 1. #30 was harder but I think I could have gone a couple more. Um. Um um um. I'll up the ante and try a few modified knee pushups. If I could finish this challenge with even ONE regular pushup, I'd be over the moon. Eliana, you've got a point. I should be doing regular shoulder workouts. I'll add in some low-grade lat and shoulder press moves, plus a little 1 lb. rotator cuff isolation work. Thanks for the reminder. I am nowhere near ready to throw in the towel.

It's April 1. A whole new month, a whole new beginning. We've got a great mix of folks in this challenge, all at different levels of ability and strength. Remember this really is All About YOU. I don't care if you struggle to crank out just one pushup. You rock it till you've got that one pushup like nobody else. Who cares if your butt's waggin' in the air, your boobs are dusting the floor, and your arms are shaking like a bowl of jello? Do what you can, the best that you can, and leave your doubts at the door.

Here I am spouting about protecting those shoulders and then I go and injure mine. I think it was the parallel dips I stupidly did this morning without any assist. I was quite proud of how I was able to do so many of them fairly effortlessly, but my shoulder is yelling at me tonight in the same way it used to when I had issues. It doesn't want me to raise it above my head and yells at me harder when I lower it. Oops! So I'm going to have to baby it for a bit. Ah well!

I'll give this a try. I've really been slacking in the strength training department, so maybe this challenge will make it more interesting for me. I'll do my initial test today and officially start on Monday.

Did my initial test before my workout. I'm doing full hands and toes pushups (whatever they're called lol). I completed 14. I'm starting on Monday. I'm also thinking about doing the 200 Squats Challenge.

i am totally in

Well, after my hubby checked my form and informed me that my butt needed to be level with my body, not sticking up more, it reduced the number that I can do down to 8 ... the modified form with the knees. Tried it later and was up to 10 so I'm going to keep at it. Can do one measly regular one, but am going to work on it before the modifieds each time. The nosy dog presents another challenge...

So I started today. I did okay. Not as well as I hoped. I also did the initial test for the 200 squats challenge this weekend. Did 43. Not sure when I'll start that one.

100 Pushup Challenge Progress (regular pushups)
Week 1
Day 1: Completed all sets. Max on set 5 was 11. Total: 47

I have increased my "in video workout" push-ups to 52. This is an awesome video with 5 minute bursts--5 min aerobics then 5 min handweights both high and low to keep up heartbeat. So, there's a part where it's squats with handweights for 1 1/2 minutes and push-ups for 1 1/2 minutes then repeated (handweights for 1 1/2 minutes, push-ups for 1 1/2 minutes). The video has it as 5 push-ups, stand back down for 5 push-ups and repeat twice (total in video of 20). In the five-minute block (interuppted with squats sessions), the video gets you up to 40. I've inserted first 6 each set then this weekend I added 7 (just to the first block).

I'll keep it there for a little to make sure my form stays correct, then add on. Maybe add on this weekend. We'll see. In my next installment, I'd be at 56. After that, I'll add push ups at the end of the video before the cool-down phase. Hope that counts (getting up to 100 in a 20 minute time period?).

Hey everyone - I'm doing wall push ups. I'm hoping to work up to knee push ups and then full form push ups (as I lose weight of course) I stood away from the wall so my outstreached fingertips were about a foot away from it. Before leaning in and doing the Day 1 easiest reps. At the end I did a max of 8. These results are nowhere near everyone elses level, but I'm giving it a good go

Week 1: Max Reps - 8

Week 3, column 3, workout 1 complete. I totaled them and that's 80 push ups in all. I'm not surprised today's workout went ok because it's on par with what I've been doing anyway, but the next session looks tough and the one after that, yikes!

Worked out this mornin'. I got in my 52 in then realized that there's an addtional 12 in the first part of the video (squats and push-ups combo). the pushups are on the knees with one hand on a heavy weight then inter-mixed with pulling up a weight. So, I'm counting up push-ups to total 64. I'll hold off on increasing for a week or so. I can tell I'm stretching myself right now.

Happy Tuesday gang! A hearty to Milliej. Good to have you on board. Have you figured out how you're going to approach the challenge?

Focused Lani, very nice avatar pic. I want those lats. What's the slow carb diet plan you're on? No worries re: # of reps. You're very early in your weight loss journey. Little steps add up over time. Go slow, protect your joints, and stick with it. You've got a whole cheering section here - good on ya!

Iaradajnos, cool mix-it-up routine you've got going on, kinda' like twice the bang for the buck. Is combining the challenge and the video workout a time saver, you think? What exercise video are you using?

Hiya NP. How's your butt doing? As far as pushup form goes, I mean. Are you still working the one full floor pushup before doing the modified knee pushups? Did your DH deputize the nosy dog to critique your form when he's absent?

Pink Sparkle, shoosh. Just shoosh. 5 full floor pushups is great in my book! I tried doing one downward dog today. Getting down to the floor was easy but I got stuck and couldn't push back up into the pose. Stuck I tell you! I got a laugh out of it anyway. Squats challenge sounds really good! Want to start it up after this one ends?

Aloha Eliana. How's your shoulder injury? Your numbers are awesome for having a boo-boo. Careful, yeah? Oh yeah, I took your advice and started some shoulder exercises. Have a slight twinge in the right rotator cuff during stretches, but not during weight bearing moves. Not sure why yet.

Tomorrow is Week 2 Day 2 for me. I tried 10 minutes yoga today. Very poor flexibility, poor muscle endurance. Apparently I'm perfectly toned for working at my desk. So that was a little dead fish slap in the face. No matter. I'm putting on my headphones and kickin' it regardless. I got a little pick-me-up when I found this. Thought I'd share:

"This is your moment"
This is your moment.
I promise you.... it is now.
Not two minutes from now, not tomorrow, but now.
Own it. Know it deep in your bones
Go to sleep every night knowing it.
Wake up every single morning remembering it.

Losing80, I tried yoga just one time about 50 pounds ago and that woman kept putting us in "Downward Dog" as if it was the most relaxing pose in the world. It's not!! Not for all, anyway. Recently I recorded a bunch of Yoga shows in Spanish because I didn't care for the ones in English. Mind you, I really don't speak Spanish! Correction...I read it and I speak it a little, but I do not comprehend it at all! LOL!

Hi, I just found this thread. I just started this yesterday! I was able to do the complete sets for my level but no more. I'm not yet doing the full one, I have to bend my knees. I feel it a bit today and yesterday when I was doing it, I felt it in my core. It's pretty hard to keep your body in line like that. I'm excited about it.