One hundred pushups

valve90210 said:
My problem with press ups is that I have very little flexibility in my wrists so I am completely unable to do push ups with my hand flat on the floor.

And I find trying to do them on my knuckles really painful too.
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I don't know why your wrists are inflexible so this advice might be useless but do you do any stretching exercises on them first?

You could also try buying some press up stands, you can get them in Argos (amongst other places) for less than £10 and they might make it easier for you. If you don't want to go to that expense then something like a towel folded over a couple of times beneath your knuckles might help.
 
valve90210 said:
My problem with press ups is that I have very little flexibility in my wrists so I am completely unable to do push ups with my hand flat on the floor.

And I find trying to do them on my knuckles really painful too.
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limber up wrists w/ fap(s) 1st
 
before i knacked my shoulder last year (still ongoing) i could drop and do 50-60 pressups at any given time, whether i've been training regular or not, proper ones an all, military style.
Lol, i tried some the other night, managed 3 sets of 10. My shoulder cursed me and today i feel like a gorilla has ripped my arms off and beat my chest with the soggy ends!
 
semi-pro waster said:
I don't know why your wrists are inflexible so this advice might be useless but do you do any stretching exercises on them first?

You could also try buying some press up stands, you can get them in Argos (amongst other places) for less than £10 and they might make it easier for you. If you don't want to go to that expense then something like a towel folded over a couple of times beneath your knuckles might help.
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I've always had very firm wrists meaning my hands don't bend back very far at all, I think it's due to actual physical structure, maybe quite short tendons in my wrist, because it is physically impossible to push them back any further than their limit range of movement, so stretching exercises sadly won't happen.

I shall give the folded towel idea a try when I do the test this weekend.
 
Well thats the end of week 1...column 2 after an initial test of around 15 push-ups. And feel great, though the build up next week looks daunting but I shall go for it.

Since I walk quickly at least a couple of miles up and down hills a day I tend to get a bit of exercise.

From week 3 I shall try to combine the crunch and squat exercises as well...cheers OP for the headsup on that site :)
 
Today was first day of Week 5 column 3 for both the situps and pushups, not too bad :)
Still don't think I have a hope of reaching the targets after week 6 though.
 
100!

:cool::cool::cool:

Although i must say that my traning involves a lot of pushups.
100 was knackering and body shaking though

Next step is to do them easyer and make the last 15 feel less like death:p
 
About to do Week 4 column 3 to end the week up. It's 29, 33, 29, 29, 40+

:eek:

If I make this I will feel epic after :D

I wish my bloody left elbow would stop clicking, it kinda hurts..
 
Sutters said:
About to do Week 4 column 3 to end the week up. It's 29, 33, 29, 29, 40+

:eek:

If I make this I will feel epic after :D

I wish my bloody left elbow would stop clicking, it kinda hurts..
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Mine clicks sometimes too, i think its a streched ligament just jumping over another one.

No big deal really and you dont notice after while:)

Just some advice, The best way to do this wopuld be to get to around 25 and start to count again until you get to 25 again. That way it doesnt seem like so much.
Helps me anyway:p
 
Zip said:
Mine clicks sometimes too, i think its a streched ligament just jumping over another one.

No big deal really and you dont notice after while:)

Just some advice, The best way to do this wopuld be to get to around 25 and start to count again until you get to 25 again. That way it doesnt seem like so much.
Helps me anyway:p
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Well, I managed it, only just, infact I had to pause twice in the final 40.

a lot less clicking today, not painful either :)

I started taking some cod liver oil the other day, which I believe is good for arthritis, which I suffer from a little in the fingers. I'm not sure i've always been very clicky generally.
 
I managed to week 5, before having to repeat it again this week. I can't see how i'm going to be able to do 100 straight pushups though :/..
 
Just started this, but Week 1, column 3, Day 3 killed me. :(

Dropped 2 short of the minimum for the final set, reckon I should redo it next week or move down to column 2? Mind you I've been doing everything else fine, was just that last set tonight!
 
Just go to the next set.

You will find wwith push ups a lot of it is just mental until you hit past 60.

Just trick your brain and you should be fine :D
 
I seem to be doing ok at the moment for pressups, did 30 on my last set of week 2 day 1 column 3. Really struggling on the situps though, only managed 20 on the last set of column 2 and that was hard work.
 
Finished my repeat of week 3, column 1 for push ups last night, feeling a lot stronger this time round but dreading starting week 4 tomorrow!

Also fininished week 4, column 1, for sit ups, no problems there so may move up to column 2 :)
 
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