I have been "investing" some small amounts of cash into my "home gym" -- I mostly do bodyweight exercises - but have got some small pieces of equipment to try to keep up a bit of interest and motivation. When I was younger I could do lots of pushups - but these days they seem to hurt my hands, so I bought for a few dollars these custom-product.com/upload/2... The pushups are still tough - but at least I no longer have any pain in the hands problem
Anyway - I found this hundredpushups.com/ It looks like the pushups version of C25K !! 6 weeks to get to 100 pushups !!! - who is in with me???
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We've been doing push ups in Pilates the last few weeks and I'm rubbish but must say I've stuck to it and can now manage 6! But that's with my knees on the ground so not a proper one! But my arms have ached every day so it's working. I have a weak lower back and wouldn't want to aggravate it with a full push up. I'll ask at the gym today and if they think it would be ok then I'm in. Sounds like fun.
I'm pathetic really and have face planted a few times just trying to do one! I'm going to get an instructor to show me the proper technique because I think that's critical. Ooh, do you think we should take before and after piccies? Popeye move over....
wow this looks really good, however I can barely do one I think!! I am going to give it a try as I think the results will be worth it!! Thanks for sharing...
Ah ha - push ups! C25k has a lot to answer for ..................
Once I started running I decided that I wanted to do a OCR, but soon realised my upper body strength was rubbish I started first with the Running Bug 30 day core challenge. Didn't quite achieve it as the mountain walkers were so hard as I had no strength in my arms. That said, it made a MASSIVE difference to my core strength. I'd really recommend it. After that, I started doing sit ups (can now do 40 easy but couldn't do one before). And after that I've moved on to push ups. They are ssssssooooo hard! Under hubbies guidance I started with the knee ones and over the course of a month I got up to about 20. I also started lifting some light hand weights. I then moved on to 'proper' half press-ups (i.e. don't go all the way down). I progressed from zero to 5 quite quickly but it has taken a lot of work to get to 10. I can now do 2 full press ups before I collapse in a heap. I'm determined to keep at it. My target is 15 full press ups. Thus, lots of admiration for you Bazza but I might be 72 before I get up to 100 press ups
If we ask nicely, do you think we could have "100-pressup challenge" or "strength building challenge" or something as a pinned post over on the right (it's looking a bit bare over there for me at the moment)?
Would be great to have that pinned so that we can come back and report progress. Since this is a "beyond 5k" board, it makes sense for some of the topics to relate to additional fitness aspects - a strong core is important for running after all.
Don't forget to do the "trial" first - before deciding which programme is suitable for you. I am off to parkrun shortly - so I will do my "trial" tonight.
Thanks! I was slightly surprised - I don't think I've ever attempted more than 10. It puts me in column 3, which looks pretty daunting - 45 p'ups on Day 1, but who knows - maybe it's possible!
OK, I'm in! I need a challenge to get me doing anything at the moment.
I'm one of the (many) people who can't do a single proper pushup. I've just done a trial and found that I can do 6 with a table (hip height) but not a single one with a chair (knee height). So I think I'll do week 1 with the table and then see if next week I can do it with a chair, and then seen if I can progress to knees. I'll see how that goes. I might stick with that, or might go for full pushups once I'm really confident (ha ha, hark who's talking!).
Great idea, thanks Bazza. If you don't get a pinned post, could you try to post something each week so we can check in with our progress? Thanks!
Oh and I've just done the initial lunges test and am delighted to be able to report that this is significantly better and I can start in column 3 of week 1
Yes - that in the wrists! Not sure what you mean by ankles crossed when doing the knee method. My understanding is just to kneel down with feet straight out the back
Yep managed the 100 pushups after week 6. Very hard. I think back when I started I managed 38 as the original test I now repeat week 6 regularly with some variations, like putting my feet on raised furniture and widening my hands to vary the pushup. but still do them, I alternate Mon, Wed, Fri pushups and Tues, Thurs, Sat situps. The workouts after week 4 are pretty hard I only just squeezed in the 100 on the final test.
If you started on 38 and only just made 100 then I suspect I will be repeating a few weeks, but not to worry - that's still significant progress. And if I can level out able to maintain week 6 then that would be excellent.
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6 weeks to get to 100 pushups !!! - who is in with me??? 
I started first with the Running Bug 30 day core challenge. Didn't quite achieve it as the mountain walkers were so hard as I had no strength in my arms. That said, it made a MASSIVE difference to my core strength. I'd really recommend it. After that, I started doing sit ups (can now do 40 easy but couldn't do one before). And after that I've moved on to push ups. They are ssssssooooo hard! Under hubbies guidance I started with the knee ones and over the course of a month I got up to about 20. I also started lifting some light hand weights. I then moved on to 'proper' half press-ups (i.e. don't go all the way down). I progressed from zero to 5 quite quickly but it has taken a lot of work to get to 10. I can now do 2 full press ups before I collapse in a heap. I'm determined to keep at it. My target is 15 full press ups. Thus, lots of admiration for you Bazza but I might be 72 before I get up to 100 press ups 
Have I run 10k or not?
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