"Sally" Push up challenge

[HaydenLane]

2nd attempt, 14 again. We’ll see what Friday brings.

 

[LandYacht]

31! Couldn’t do anything but go up after the 30 hold and then down again and I was wiped out, but finally broke through that 30 hold.


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[HaydenLane]

31! Couldn’t do anything but go up after the 30 hold and then down again and I was wiped out, but finally broke through that 30 hold.


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Was that 7 or 8 attempts at 30? Brutal. Nice work.

 

[LandYacht]

Was that 7 or 8 attempts at 30? Brutal. Nice work.

I had to go back and count it….8. I was starting to think it was never going to happen.

Keep with it guys, it’ll break!


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[twall13]

I just saw this thread the other day and jumped on board to try it tonight. I guess I thought I'd have some rest periods during the "up" sections but the song really didn't work like that and those holds on the "down" wear on you. I managed 16 and couldn't complete the "up" for 17. At the moment I can't imagine getting to 30 but I'm going to keep at it and see what kind of progress I can make.

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[bpurtz]

I tried this a couple times after a "workout" day and was obscenely humbled. Yesterday was a day off so I gave it another try and got 18. About 30 minutes later I decided to see how many I could do straight up before failure - 38.

Sally is such an ornery girl!!!

 

[Cameron.25]

Got halfway back up before i collapsed after the hold on 18 lol, i really should just try mtwardens rest method next time. Mtntough really kicking my ass as usual, hard to keep going at this since im way more focused on getting my whole body ready for spring bear now

 

[mtwarden]

I lifted yesterday so skipped it; this morning another three round- 10 reps/60 second rest

I was kind of hoping it would feel a little easier today, but it didn't really

My plan is to do this a couple of more times, take a day or two off from it, then try for a max attempt

Maybe I should try doing this twice a day?

There has to be a quasi-scientific way to skin this thing; I'm pretty sure going for an all out max day after day, is probably not the quickest way to do it- but I've been wrong before

 

[twall13]

I have to agree with you @mtwarden . For one thing, that muscle group needs some rest and recovery instead of being hit every day for 30 days. I also feel like doing a couple attempts on the days you try it would lead to more gains overall, but I'm far from an expert.

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[Cameron.25]

I have to agree with you @mtwarden . For one thing, that muscle group needs some rest and recovery instead of being hit every day for 30 days. I also feel like doing a couple attempts on the days you try it would lead to more gains overall, but I'm far from an expert.

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I dont think you're supposed to do it to failure everyday anyway for the challenge. Unless im mistaken the challenge was 2 attempts per week?

 

[mtwarden]

I dont think you're supposed to do it to failure everyday anyway for the challenge. Unless im mistaken the challenge was 2 attempts per week?

I missed that part I could be wrong, but doing it to failure twice a week I don't think it going to get you all the way

we need an exercise physiologist to come in and get us squared away

I did see one video where a guy changed his pushup stance a couple of times during the 3-ish minutes- varied from wide to narrow a couple of times- that might help a little

 

[Cameron.25]

I missed that part I could be wrong, but doing it to failure twice a week I don't think it going to get you all the way

we need an exercise physiologist to come in and get us squared away

I did see one video where a guy changed his pushup stance a couple of times during the 3-ish minutes- varied from wide to narrow a couple of times- that might help a little

Yep im just gonna try your method, but i think the eastern European guy in the original video that was posted in the thread claimed that in one month, attempting it twice a week you could complete it lol. Maybe if thats literally the only upper body workout you do, idk. Not something im willing to do personally at this time

 

[Vaultman]

I missed that part I could be wrong, but doing it to failure twice a week I don't think it going to get you all the way

we need an exercise physiologist to come in and get us squared away

I did see one video where a guy changed his pushup stance a couple of times during the 3-ish minutes- varied from wide to narrow a couple of times- that might help a little

Agreed. I have been doing it 1 or two times a week. Attempt until failure. At failure, I drop my knees and finish it out.

 

[CodeMonkey]

I've been stuck on 12, but I'm a desk jockey.

That said, shirts are starting to fit tighter in the right places and its become really easy to draw/hold my bow.

 

[Justin Crossley]

Same exact spot again. Through the hold of 18, no real attempt at 19. However, at number 3 my dog decided to rip a nasty ass fart right in my face. So that was pretty awesome.

I took a drink just before reading that and almost spit all over my monitor!

 

[BDRam16]

I saw a video on YouTube awhile back talking about how the “100 push-ups a day” weren’t really that beneficial for you. I think the number was 30, but he was saying after that you are better off modifying the type of push-ups you are doing. One of them was when you push up, you only go halfway up, then back down, then all the way up and that’s 1. He had a bunch of them ranked by difficulty and basically you did the specific form until you can do 30 with no rest, then move on to the next difficulty. I did navy seal burpees yesterday which has 3 push-ups in each burpee, and that SMOKED my chest and arms.

 

[twall13]

I dont think you're supposed to do it to failure everyday anyway for the challenge. Unless im mistaken the challenge was 2 attempts per week?

Clearly I don't know what I'm talking about, haha. I haven't read through all the posts and kinda skipped to the music part of the original video on this thread and didn't even finish that since I didn't make it to 30. Either way, I'm going to work at it and see if I can improve.

Typically I do a few warm up pushups before running and then 40 pushups after the trail run and some pull-ups and planks. With those pushups I move a hand outward and inward with each pushup to make it more difficult. Essentially alternating hands making my arms wider on every other pushup. That works some of the similar muscles as the holds in this challenge, but not to the same degree. I'm maybe a little sore after this first round, but not enough that I feel like I'm really improving from it yet. I'll have to play around with things to figure out the best routine for progress but I'm pretty sure twice per week to failure isn't going to get me there in 30 days personally. I'm leaning more towards 3 days a week, 2 times to failure on the days I try it with a couple minutes rest between attempts. I won't get as far on the second attempt but that extra burn will likely lead to more improvement going forward.

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[BDRam16]

Just did the official @mtwarden version. 1 min rest after the up of 10/1 min rest after the up of 20/full hold after 30. Definitely a good quick pump.

 

[LandYacht]

Back down to 30.

Knew 31 or more wasn’t in the books whenI hit 20. Such a mind screw lol


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[twall13]

I got 17 this morning. Waited 2 minutes and tried again and only got to 10 with that attempt. This will be interesting to track and see how I progress.

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