A lot of people seem afraid of push ups. Memories of being forced to perform in elementary school, only to find your arms turning to rubber and your muscles giving out on your far before you reached the "appropriate" number for your age group... At least, this was certainly my experience!

Well, I'd like to banish my fear of push ups! And I found this nifty site that I think will help me reach that goal: http://www.hundredpushups.com/

After reading through the Hundred Push ups training program, I think it is entirely do-able. It is supposed to take six weeks to complete, but of course there is the option of repeating weeks if necessary. There are different routes to go for different starting levels (if you can already do 40 consecutive push ups, you follow a different route than those of us who can only do 2).

As we all know, determination and patience are key to just about anything you want to accomplish, and as out-of-reach as 100 push ups sounds, you'll never know what you can do until you try. So, does anyone care to join me in my quest to complete 100 push ups?

(I'm hoping to find at least a handful of people to track progress with, as the more people who are out there cheering you on, the more likely you'll be to complete the program!)

Slow but steady rate!

Initial Test Result -
--> With full extended body (regular way) - 2 barely
--> With knees bent but calves crossed and body extended as much possible - 15

For now doing push ups with knees bent to build up strength.
Goal (before I die) - Doing push ups Demi Moore style from her movie

Week 1
Day 1 - 10,10,8,6,18
Day 2 - 12,12,10,10,12
Day 3 - 15,13,10,10,18

Week 2 - Repeating
Day 1 - 12,12,9,7,14
Day 2 - 16,13,11,11,16
Day 3 -

Week 3
Day 1 -
Day 2 -
Day 3 -

I'd like to join, but I have to admit I have no idea what good form is. I've heard that your chest is supposed to touch the floor, but none of the people I know actually do them like that.

That and I'll have to set my baseline sometime when I haven't just beaten myself up with an hour of cardio. But otherwise, I'm in!

I'd love to join! I have NO upper body strength, and it was made very clear to me last week as I was helping DF move and was barely any help at all with the heavy boxes. It was really embarrassing...
So push ups... I can only do like half of one, I think. I'll do the initial test later today and post what I get.

Hah. I found this last week and thought about starting it ... then slacked.

Maybe I should get my act together.

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I cannot remember the last time I did (rather tried to do!) a push up. I'm in!

I'm in...I have very little upper body strength! I will take the initial test today after work and I will start day one tomorrow, since it is my workout day anyway! Cool! I am excited!

When you do your push-ups...do you do the typical push-up, or do you have to put your knees on the ground. I can't even do one without my knees on the ground!

Count me in.....but I have to be *modified*...(I broke my L shoulder 2 years ago, it's just not possible)...I started the challenge this AM before I saw your thread....I do my fakie push-ups at a 45 degree angle from my kitchen counter...last May I was getting to 20 but then stopped.

I started this AM again with a puny, pitiful 6.

(if you wish to ban me, I understand)....

Count me in to! I can do 0 - 2 real ones...

I'll try anything to help tone up my upper body/arms:-)

Going to check it out right now!

OK - I'm up for this. I will be doing this Girly Style and then depending on how well I do may go back for another 6 weeks to try it on my toes.

Initial Test: 5 pushups
W1D1 - 6/23 - 2-2-2-2-4
W1D2 - 6/25 - 4-3-2-2-5
W1D3 - 6/27
W2D1 -
W2D2 -
W2D3 -
Retest:
W3D1 -
W3D2 -
W3D3 -
W4D1 -
W4D2 -
W4D3 -
Retest:
W5D1 -
W5D2 -
W5D3 -
Retest:
W6D1 -
W6D2 -
W6D3 -

Woo! Look at all of us rarin' and ready to go!

The point of the training program looks to be to get you to do them in proper form, but ultimately I think it's up to you... any strength building should be good, right? And it is still certainly hard work to do them on your knees or on the kitchen counter when your fitness level is low (like mine!).

I will start mine tonight when I get home, that way I'll have a good every other day thing going between jogging and push-ups.

Is it too late to join in? I would like to start this too

No, I am sure it's not to late mstigger, welcome!

I will be away tomorrow, But I'll start saturday or sunday,, I'll go for real ones, I also agree on that we can count modified ones,, It's all up to everyone.. after all we are doing it for ourselves..

My initial test was pretty sad... I can't go all the way down and up. I can get about halfway to the ground, but going any lower causes me to fall the rest of the way
I can do about four halfway-down-push-ups for now!