{"id":46835,"date":"2020-02-11T22:16:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T02:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46835"},"modified":"2020-08-12T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T02:16:12","slug":"100-push-up-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46835","title":{"rendered":"100 Push-up Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long after the new year, I was laying in bed surfing around on YouTube on my iPad, and eventually I came across this video where a guy did 100 push-ups every day for 30 straight days.<\/span><\/p>\n

He did the smart thing and took measurements of his chest and arms on day 1, and then the video is a montage of him doing push-ups in a variety of ways, and a sub-challenge within the month was that he had this goal of doing 50 straight push-ups, which he eventually accomplished 20-some days into the journey.\u00a0 Eventually, after 30 days, he measured his chest and arms, and there was some gain size, which was ultimately the goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHmm,\u201d I thought.\u00a0 I could do this.\u00a0 So I did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I started on January 13th<\/sup>, during the National Championship and did my first 100 push-ups.\u00a0 I started with 25, and then when the realization that my physical fitness levels weren\u2019t necessarily as high as I hoped they would be, I eventually tapered down to 20 and then several sets of 10-12 pushups for the remaining 55.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following day, I did ten sets of ten, and then that\u2019s when the soreness came into play.\u00a0 Regardless of how much I work out, I\u2019d clearly fallen into a pattern of complacency and not challenging myself, and doing mere push-ups on a daily basis exposed just how much I\u2019d been coasting in the gym over the last few years.\u00a0 My deltoids, triceps, chest and trapezius muscles were achy, but I knew this was a good thing because I was obviously making some physical process, just three days in.<\/span><\/p>\n

After about a week, the soreness broke, and I was soon capable of being able to do four sets of 25 to hit my 100, which served to be a good barometer to the progress I was making.\u00a0 Throughout the 30 days, I switched up between flat palm push-ups or using dumbbells, and I would widen or narrow my grip periodically.\u00a0 Additionally, I would have the occasional day of many small sets with minimal rest in between, and on a couple of days, I did three sets of 34-33-33.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before: photos of me shirtless tactfully hidden behind the jump, because I’m self-conscious about it<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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After. Doesn’t look that much different, but there were some changes.<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

30 days later, and I measured myself again.\u00a0 In my chest as well as both of my arms, I gained about an inch of growth, give or take, which is pretty decent, considering the fact that this was entirely free.\u00a0 Earlier in the challenge, I had some dull aches in my right wrist as well as shoulder, but both have subsided by the end, leading me to believe that I had fortified some weak points in my body.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naturally, I\u2019m the type of person who once they start something, I don\u2019t like to stop without good reason, so it shouldn\u2019t come as much of a shock that I\u2019ve been continuing to do the push-ups daily, because they\u2019re good for me, and I don\u2019t want to break a streak.\u00a0 Perhaps I\u2019ll run more measurements at 60 days, or just wait until I hit an even 100, but who knows if my kid will be born by then, because if there were ever a reason for me to lose track of time and not get my push-ups in, it\u2019ll probably be then.<\/span><\/p>\n

But whatever, the 100 Push-up Challenge was for all intents and purposes successful, and I highly recommend anyone to give it a whirl.\u00a0 It\u2019s free, it\u2019s challenging and the results are tangible and attainable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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