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The Pushup Challenge

70, but i wobbled for the last 20.
first 20 easy then short breather
second 20 less easy, then short break
tried for third 20 and stopped at 10... *gasp* longer break
hard 10 *panting*
hard 5 ugh
very hard 3 *20 seconds left.... chilled 15 then
one twooooooo


good challenge. had my wristwatch on the floor under my face.
 
lol damn... im happy with myself i got 99. i was at 35 at 30 secs and took a break. did another 29 and a break. did 15 and i had a little over a minute left, took a break. did 11, took a break. 20 secs left. did 5 and collapsed... did 4 more and was done. thats a good freakin test. love it. ima do it again when im not tired as fuck. I wont be satisfied until i get 120. fuuuckkk that felt good. nd dont feel bad oldies, ima youngin
 
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i have no idea how one could go all the way from down to elbow lock fast enough to do 100+. maaaaan.

b3, don't feel bad, bro. you're not a little guy. all that muscle must weigh some methinks.
 
111 != extra ordinary

imo, 120 in 3-4 mins = normal, and this is coming from a very skinny guy. i think cops in nyc (which arent exactly known for their physical fitness anymore) have to do like 100 pushups in a minute and a half or something like that.

i usually do 4 sets of 30, with a 30 second break in between each.


111 straight in a row aint bad, but 111 with breaks in between is pretty default. but im sure this men's health magazine is published in america, and is read by americans...


the pushup is a very versatile exercise. doesnt necessarily need to be done fast. very slow pushups are a totally diff exercise than very fast ones, for example.
 
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I can do a hundred straight. Mabey even 120. But NOT within a freaking minute though.

When im not buzzed im going to do this exercise and post it. Taking in consideration i powerlift and do MMA @ the same time. I need a timer though so i can have someone time it for me for accuracy.


Originally Posted by Impacto Profundo View Post)
i have no idea how one could go all the way from down to elbow lock fast enough to do 100+. maaaaan.


Possibly if they use a real wide grip and can bust them out.....idk
 
i have no idea how one could go all the way from down to elbow lock fast enough to do 100+. maaaaan.

kung fu breath control.


besides, the heavier your body is, the slower this exercise would be. my frame is lean, agile, and very lightweight. i can crank out hundreds of pushups at a pretty damned fast speed, on my fingertips, knuckles, whatever (open palm is like, pointless anymore lol), and can bounce out of it into a fighting stance or just standstill and pretend like it diddnt tire me at all. so someone with the bigger, bulky MMA style body would be much slower, especially if using one breath-per-pushup.
 
crank it up to like 20 a set, 5x a day. ull get more out of a bodyweight exercise at higher reps.
 
Instead of doing lots of reps of normal pushups, which I just get bored of, I elevate my legs with stairs or something to make the pushups tougher and do fewer of them. 25 seemed to be my limit last time I tried normal pushups, but I've only just started doing any sort of exercise.
 
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Its all about the angles. Mix up your pushups. Hell if possible put a 25lb plate or more and do them.

When i done only bodywieght exercises. I would super set my incline and flat push ups. Then do dips in my stair way. or even tri set it with the incline and flat push ups..
 
^ yeah man i do pushups off of my bed for incline. use books and stuff to make the angle steeper or less steep depending on where i feel i wanna stress the muscle more.

and yeah i live in the fuckin hood, so like half of my house the floor is slanted like crazy from the awkward foundation, and i can do pushups in the slanted-floor room for decline press.
 
Fuck it! got 74! not quite at the 'good' level! I have been doing a lot of aerobic stuff lately due to an upcoming run I'm competing in so have not been doing a lot of weights and strength training.

Got the first 45 out in one hit in about 45 secs, then had the 15 sec break got another 15 out rested for about 20 secs then started to get the jitters in the arms. Could only then do 5, rest 4, rest 2, rest, 2 etc...fucked....times up! I'll work on it after the running is done with!

I'm 45, 75kg, 177cm (5'10").
 
i can push out about 70 in 1 minute, but im super tired...havent tried 3 minutes straight yet, but i imagine i could get a good amount more.

im 23, around 58kg (lean/skinny) 5'6

try this if you have access to some weight in the form of plates:

25 body weight pushups to warm up
10-12 with a 25lb plate
6-10 with a 45lb plate

this greatly improved my pushup capacity, along with a good chest workout.


im not a meat head i swear.
 
Jamshyd said:
^ Interesting, and really begs the question: why does evidence, even scientific, shows us that the brain is actually physically wired so as to reject exercise?
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the brain is wired for activity. us westerners sitting in our computer chairs aren't using our bodies in the way they developed. agitation, restlessness, twitching, anxiety are examples of how the brain is wired/wants to move. movement would be an automatic thing (one could say "nature is movement"), however we've sort of lost touch with the animal world

i think the reason we often reject exercise is simply the path we are currently on. we are hooking ourselves more and more intensely into our machines (eg starcraft and american idol). a study actually showed we percieve time as going a little bit slower now, making us bored easier, and more frustrated when waiting--we need a quick fix of pleasure more than the previous generation it seems, because of how fast everything is going, comparatively. with the technological fruit growing lower and lower on the tree, the hedonist part of the brain often opts for consumption rather than something it has come to see as "work"/"chore" (exercise should be enjoyable, and it can be... as can one's work etc)

in sum.. the brain, in a way, is hardwired against exercise. in another sense, it is hardwired for exercise. it depends on one's lifestyle

i gotta exercise more...
 
^ I see what you're saying.

In a way, I asked this question (and pretty much all other challenges I pose to physical training) in order to challenge what I see as being normal for my body... I know that you're right, I just want to convince my body of it...
 
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