Jan 5, 2010 0
Hundred Pushups Challenge
On Monday, I started the One Hundred Pushups program as part of the exercise I’ll be doing during my participation in the Health Challenge, which I wrote about earlier. I’ve read about the program before, but never really saw myself being able to do one hundred consecutive pushups. Since I’m making an effort to get myself into better shape, I figured this would be a good start.
The One Hundred Pushups program is a 6 week training program designed to take you from any starting point to being able to perform one hundred consecutive pushups. It consists of an initial test where you perform as many good form consecutive pushups you can muster without resting. Once you have your results of the initial test, you move onto Week 1. Each week has a small chart prescribing how many pushups you should perform each day during the week, based on how many pushups you were able to perform during your initial test.
Each week of the program consists of 3 days of working out, so I did my initial test on Sunday and started my week on Monday. This way, I’ll be doing pushups on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with rest days in between and weekends off. I will fill those days with other exercise, most likely cardio and sit-ups/crunches.
To keep track of my progress, I’m using the website’s companion iPhone app, aptly named Hundred PushUps (iTunes link). Not only does it track your progress, but it also helps with during your workout, telling you how many reps you have to do in each set and counting out your rest periods. It’s got a simple, clean interface that makes it easy to use while working out.
Hopefully in 6 weeks I’ll be able to do one hundred consecutive pushups. In the meantime, I’ll post regular updates here on my progress on both the One Hundred Pushups program and the Health Challenge.
One Hundred Pushups website: http://www.hundredpushups.com
