100 pushups/200 situps

whyamihere

Anyone done them? (http://www.hundredpushups.com and http://www.twohundredsitups.com)

I've just done the exhaustion tests for them, managing a pitiful 17 push ups and 55 sit ups. At the moment, I definitely have a roadie physique, I'm trying to add a little lean muscle to help with muscling the MTB around (if I can drop the little bit of excess fat I still have so that my weight doesn't increase, that'd be nice too).

welshkev

a mate of mine used to challenge me to do 60 press ups in 60 seconds

he could do it easily but he only weighed about 10 stone i could do 30 in 30 seconds but then i'd just die

DCR00

i reckon i could do 50 press ups and i weigh 15 stone

not so good at sit ups....

blister pus

i use those push up stands and they burn like fuck doing 50/75 with them and it's enough.

for sit ups i collapse the weight bench and use the ankle / knee foam rollers to do inverted sit ups with a 6.5kg weight - you can do a million variations on a theme doing that and you certainly don't need to do more than 50.

supersonic

My brother is freak, can do 1000s. On his fingertips too, and even with someone SAT on his back!

fearnsy

I can do 64 press ups in a minute and around 80+ sit ups in a minute but I am 16 and weigh 10 stone :S

supersonic

I was 10 stone at 16 too... wait until your age has doubled :twisted:

whyamihere

I generally do my press ups on my fingertips. My wrists are too buggered to support weight with my hands bent back, so I have to.

Stevo_666

I seem to find these quite easy and as I'm too tight to waste money on a gym I do these (plus a bit of weights) in my living room 2-3 of times a week to keep the top half of me in some sort of shape.

Aggieboy

I know someone who lives in Cornwall (he's not really Cornish) who can do them all on his knob. He also does all the sit ups on an extremely steep incline that leads up to his rented house.

The Northern Monkey

whyamihere
Not always do able as you may need equipment, but chins and dips are the best way to increase your core strength.

Andy

whyamihere wrote:

(if I can drop the little bit of excess fat I still have so that my weight doesn't increase, that'd be nice too).

Next person to see Chris is entitled to slap him as hard as they can.

VWsurfbum

I have done the 100 press up program, its awesome at core building, but a lot of work to keep up.

sheepsteeth

Aggieboy wrote:

I know someone who lives in Cornwall (he's not really Cornish) who can do them all on his knob. He also does all the sit ups on an extremely steep incline that leads up to his rented house.

i do miss him.

jay12

last time i counted i got about 30 pushups and 50 situps.

i can do about 10 on my knukckles. it hurts so much though

Fenred

Knuckles push-ups are a killer but great conditioning!....Try 20 wide "flat" palm, 20 close "flat" palm, then 20 on dumb-bells (knuckles facing forwards).....Groooolin'!! No rest period.

Sit-ups suck! Plank for 2 mins...Repeat...rest, repeat...Shower, eat, sleep.

Anonymous

I can manage around 50 pushups, around a hundred if I give myself a few seconds breathing time after the first 50.
dunno about situps, roughly around 50-60, last time I think.
I can also do about 15 one armed pushups.


MONSTER!!!

whyamihere

The Northern Monkey wrote:

whyamihere
Not always do able as you may need equipment, but chins and dips are the best way to increase your core strength.

Yeah, not got the equipment here, but when I go back to my parents' for a couple of months from April, I'll be able to do them then. Need to do just floor work type stuff for now.

Stevo_666

If you get creative with what you've got in the house you can sometimes do chins and dips - of a sort - without the needing the equipment. I do a sort of dips (when 'er indoors isn't looking) by pushing up off an armchair and keeping my legs tucked up. Chins can be a bit trickier though unless you have somehwhere to hang off around the stairs, if you get my drift.

Aggieboy

sheepsteeth wrote:

Aggieboy wrote:

I know someone who lives in Cornwall (he's not really Cornish) who can do them all on his knob. He also does all the sit ups on an extremely steep incline that leads up to his rented house.

i do miss him.

I've missed him as well, but with each shot my aim is slowly improving.

Northwind

<reads, does test>
Oooh, I'm rank 3. That must be, like the 3rd dan of pushupping.
<reads on>
Ah well. Maybe not
<does day one set>
my arms fell off and I'm typing this with my face. i hope you'll forgive the lack of caps.

I like this. Might actually stick with it, I've got pipecleaners for arms. Good link!

VWsurfbum

Northwind
Its an awesome plan, i keep saying i'm going to do it again. the strength increase is quites surprising.
Keep us updated

Gazlar

whyamihere wrote:

I generally do my press ups on my fingertips. My wrists are too buggered to support weight with my hands bent back, so I have to.

try press up handles, foam grips that sit on the floor and you grip them side on. i suffer especially with my left wrist as I tore the ligaments in it years ago playing football. but I find it so much more comfortable using them, and they aint dear either

VWsurfbum

Gazlar wrote:

whyamihere wrote:

I generally do my press ups on my fingertips. My wrists are too buggered to support weight with my hands bent back, so I have to.

i suffer especially with my left wrist as I tore the ligaments in it years ago playing football.

Your doing it wrong!

whyamihere

Gazlar wrote:

whyamihere wrote:

I generally do my press ups on my fingertips. My wrists are too buggered to support weight with my hands bent back, so I have to.

try press up handles, foam grips that sit on the floor and you grip them side on. i suffer especially with my left wrist as I tore the ligaments in it years ago playing football. but I find it so much more comfortable using them, and they aint dear either

I've got some, somewhere, but I prefer doing them like this generally.

angry_bird

I hate pushups because I don't like looking at the ground, plus I'm quite (very) crap at them. I'll get onto it tonight and see how many I can manage.

tskelding

Just cracked out 37. Not my best which was in the 50s. Mind you I was maxing out every second or third day.

Going to feel this for a few days!

Andy

tskelding wrote:

Just cracked out 37. Not my best which was in the 50s.

You gonna try Press ups and Sit ups now?

tskelding

I really need to work on my c0ck pushups. So far I'm up to one!

Anonymous

You only NEED to do one.

bentes

ah, the wonderful knowledge of the Tenacious D....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zomOYQHzg40