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I am doing 100k push-ups this year
- capJavert 4y agoI was doing push-ups every day for the past year and now closing to goal of doing 100,000 push-ups this year. Follow my progress at https://pushups.dev/ https://pushups.dev/
- john_the_writer 4y agoWe'll need a twitter handle or something like it.
- capJavert 4y agohttps://pushups.dev/ https://pushups.dev/
- Tarsul 4y agoI really like it! Great job! I think for these kind of physical challenges, photos and stories about how you feel (e.g. do you feel more relaxed or is it more or a burden; how are your hands/wrists feeling etc.) would be appreciated. But I guess the year is not yet done, so maybe then :)
- capJavert 4y agoThere will be a blog post about the experience after I finish it!
- martindbp 4y agoNow I'm curious, were you not sick a single time this year, or did you push through it despite being sick, or did this regiment improve your health to the point where you are unable to get sick?
- capJavert 4y agoYou can see on the "Push-ups per day" graph (on the website) that I did 290 days of push-ups, so yes, there were days where I did no push-ups for various reasons.
- suprjami 4y agoCharts of numbers are only interesting for a second. Tell a story. How did the effort change for you over time? What personal changes have you noticed? What was the hardest part? Will you continue next year?
- capJavert 4y agoThere will be a blog post after I finish a challenge, thanks for feedback!
- thdespou 4y agoThats a lot of pushups. I wonder if they are in proper form though because I can do quite a few "half-baked" ones every day.
- capJavert 4y agoI think they were, I was making sure I was lowering/pushing up on each set all the way, can't guarantee each one was 100% proper, some days come harder then others :)
- fnordpiglet 4y agoDid you pin your elbows to your side and lower yourself parallel to your body? I always splayed my elbows out and a few personal trainers and martial arts instructors in my life told me that’s wrong form and bad for the shoulders.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoi've had different trainers (crossfit level whatever, including games athletes) say conflicting versions of that. So...i looked into it, since an NFL team surgeon fixed my torn rotator cuff. Turns out the answer isn't a static constant, but rather a function of a physiological structure that varies from person to person. We're above the pay grade of crossfit level 1 at that point, probably. Here's a reference to one such anatomical variable, that varies person by person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromion
- sorenjan 4y agoCrossfit is infamous for poor form on general. Their kipping pullups are probably the most well known, but there are plenty of memes about all kinds of crossfit exercises.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoagreed. the most detrimental aspect, i found, was the bandwagon mentality that turned off individual skepticism for so many (including my spouse), so folks march together off into injury. Mentioning that professional athletes (NFL etc) who are multi million dollar assets to corporations don't do those workouts...just ignored.
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoDid you do any complementary exercises? I might have gone with a number of Australian pull-ups after each set of pushups.
- capJavert 4y agoI do long runs and do cardio every other day so that was about it. Day fills up quickly!
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoYou might want to look into adding a little complementary strength-building for the back of your upper body (Aussie pullups as I suggested earlier for instance, bent dumbbell rows would be another good example). IANAD but as a rule it's bad for your overall fitness to have too much of a strength imbalance.
- hxugufjfjf 4y agoYou're not wrong, but you also should not provide unsolicited fitness advice like that.
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoThanks for the advice.
- hxugufjfjf 4y agoTouché
- thehappypm 4y agoNot that anyone asked, but I did a challenge in high school to do 100 straight pushups. I was a lean cross country runner so they were pretty easy at the time. I trained and trained and got to 100! My pecs became huge, and they were literally the only big muscles on my body. I looked weird!
- the-anarchist 4y agoWhat's the result effectively? Any measurements that you took, that changed over time?
- capJavert 4y agoI think the trend graphs on the website show it the best. Over time my strength and durability increased so I am able to do more push-ups with bigger sets each day. Eg. I started by doing 10 push-ups a set and about 100 push-ups per day total. Now I am doing 500 push-ups per day pretty easy in sets of 20 or 30 push-ups.
- bradwood 4y agobut how much more buff are you?!
- profstasiak 4y agodid ur body visually changed?
- fnordpiglet 4y agoClearly too easy then. I say try for 1mm next year.
- bpanon 4y agoGreat idea
- slowhand09 4y agoI'm doing pushups at the rate of 10000/year. But I'm only doing them for one minute. So about 7 pushups. For me, the rate is what is important.
- capJavert 4y agoInteresting concept, keep going!
- pestatije 4y agoHow big are your pecs growing? I stopped swimming because mine were getting too big...maybe push-ups are ok though.
- capJavert 4y agoPeople joke that they are huge but I personally never look for/see the differences :)
- ksec 4y agoSuggestions to your daily routine. 10 KM Running 100 Squat per day. You may also want to try eating Banana for breakfast.
- capJavert 4y agoI was actually thinking about 100k squats challenge next year (you read my mind).. as for running and bannana already doing it, that is the way :)
- fakedang 4y agoMeanwhile I can't manage to do a single proper one, even when I am in the healthy weight range :(
- dredmorbius 4y agoHigh-incline and knee push-ups are useful progressions for beginners. An incline changes the moment and resistance to make the movement easier. It changes the mechanics of the movement less than the knee pushup does. Knee push-ups shorten the moment by shortening the lever arm you're working against. <https://blog.paleohacks.com/push-up-progressions/ https://blog.paleohacks.com/push-up-progressions/>
- fakedang 4y agoI can do both high inclines and knee push-ups (declines a bit less effectively), but somehow when I try to do a single pushup on a flat surface, I end up feeling like a Buffalo unable to bend my elbows. Is there a solution to transition to flat push-ups?
- dredmorbius 4y agoDo more. The key word is progression. Start with an incline, build up the number of push-ups you can do, then lower the degree of inclination. E.g., start with sets of, say, 5 push-ups, work up to 10--20, then reduce the incline and the number of push-ups, and build up again. Rinse, wash, repeat. For strength training, most sets are done with reps ranging from 1 (max effort) to ~20 or so repetitions. Higher reps are frequently seen as not effective for a training response (you're not increasing strength, hypertrophy (that is, muscle growth), or endurance), and increase risk of injury (repetitive motion). They may be of interest in simply measuring endurance. There are also techniques such as negatives (focusing on the excentric motion, so lowering in the case of push-ups), where you don't bother lifting yourself afterward (or do so from a kneeling or other position), which can help develop strength. I'm more familiar with this being used as a chin-up progression, e.g., use a box or step to rise up, then lower yourself (lift your legs or step off the stand) down, and repeat. Typically, if you're hitting 20 reps of a movement within a single set, you'll want to make that movement more challenging (more resistance, different angle, single-limb rather than doubled (e.g., lunges vs. squats, one-armed push-ups or chins vs. double). The key other factor I'd include is limb length: if you have longer limbs you need to work harder on lifts using those limbs, generally. Short weightlifters and powerlifters are, on a mass basis, much better lifters than tall ones. This gets complicated when considering non-primary limbs, e.g., if you're a deadlifter, long arms mean that your legs need to move the bar though a shorter (easier) range of motion. Long legs make push-ups more challenging (you have a longer class-2 lever arm, and the load is nearer the shoulder than the toes). Long limbs tend to improve performance in speed events (e.g., running). There's also the matter of training cycles. Strength training works as a function of the resistance (weight or other element(s)), reps, sets, rest (within a rep, between reps, between sets, between workouts, and workouts over time), as well as overall progression, and factors such as equipment, form, and the like. Lou Schuler's book gives the basics and references for further reading, which is amongst the reasons I strongly recommend it. It is well-pitched for beginners but also provides a good ramp to further knowledge and understanding. The Wikipedia Strength Training article gives a good very brief overview of principles: The basic principles of strength training involve repeated overloading of a group of muscles, typically by contracting the muscles under heavy resistance and returning to the start position for several repetitions until failure. The basic method of resistance training uses the principle of progressive overload, in which the muscles are overloaded by working against as high resistance as they are capable of. They respond by growing larger and stronger. And of basic concepts: Intensity, volume, and frequency, periodization, training splits, and equipment. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_training https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_training> There's also the possibility of other factors challenging you, though I strongly suspect you simply need to get stronger and focus on consistent exercise over time. A programme followed for 6--8 weeks will in very nearly all cases start to show significant gains. Those accumulate as you continue, compounding over years.
- cypherg 4y agoyeah but why tho? what's your goal? Without explaining that this just seems like a bunch of junk volume and a great way to injure yourself. Do you have specific athletic goals? Aesthetic goals?
- capJavert 4y agoSimply to get stronger.
- dredmorbius 4y agoKeep in mind that resistance training is one mode of exercise, and that its results, benefits, and risks are specific to the exercise done. Shooting for a simple measure of repetitions over time may not serve any particular fitness goal, and huge numbers of repetitions can be counterproductive, either not delivering a benefit, or contributing to, e.g., repetitive motion injuries. It's also strongly recommended to balance movements with assistive and complementary ones. Push-ups, a pushing movement, should be paired with pulling movements: rows, chin-ups, and the like. Push-ups, a sagittal plane movement, should be combined with frontal plane (lateral flyes, shoulder press, side lunges) and transverse plane (e.g., forward flyes). See: <https://valleysocialmag.com/three-planes-of-motion/ https://valleysocialmag.com/three-planes-of-motion/> Push-ups, an upper-body movement, should be paired with lower-body exercises (leg day!) such as squats, lunges, deadlifts, and glute-ham raises. Push-ups, one form of core strengthening movement (holding your body prone whilst supported on your toes and hands is an effort itself, contrast with the far less stressful inversion, the bench press) should be combined with other complementary core movements and exercises. I'm a fan generally of the "New Rules of Lifting" model from Lou Schuler (though there are of course many, many strength-training methods which work), which identifies six key movements: push (you're doing these), pull, twist, squat, lunge, and deadlift. There are numerous variants of each, and many can be done with body-weight resistance, though others benefit from additional loading (e.g., barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells), cables, and other forms of resistance. The book gives the logic of lifts, how (and why and when) muscle adaptation (strength, size, endurance) happens, diet, and cardio. there are a number of titles following the same basic model. The women's book has a far larger dietary and recipe section, the "for life" books address the issues of aging: injury, prevention, recovery, and accommodation. <https://archive.org/details/newrulesofliftin00schu_0 https://archive.org/details/newrulesofliftin00schu_0>
- extasia 4y agoPost pec pics;)
- cafard 4y agoIn my late teens I might have done 10 or 20K per year. My late teens were a long time ago, and now something in my left should really doesn't like pushups. More power to you.