100 Pressups, can you ?

[stuart-b]

K87 said:

996 sps said:

K87 said:

"You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running"

Been reading Born to Run recently by Chris Mcdonald and this was a quote in it, its a pretty fascinating read really for anyione interested in running, reall sheds a whole new light on running and the human body. One of the best book I've ever read, if I fail my uni exams its because of this!

Cheers for the pointer mate will get this, was he an endurance runner?

Yup, he's basically on a mission to find out why he is constantly getting injured, and ends up training for a race with the tarahumara (mexican running tribe).

Goes into a lot of research into the controversy of running shoes and running barefoot, very interesting read.

Edited by K87 on Friday 15th January 13:09

Thanks, will read that book.

[K87]

Basically that Nike essentially created the original running shoe to solve a problem that didn't really exist. The modern trainer with all it's support and cushioning forces the foot into an unnatural movement. If you run barefoot you will notice you land on your toes not your heal which the running shoe forces you to. By running with this unnecesary support your you actually cause your feet to land more unnaturally and heavily leading to more injuries, backed up by several researches over the last few years.

I probably haven't done it much justce but a google search will bring ip plenty of reviews and there's a daily mail article explaiing it more.

There's certainly a lot of sense in the claims and it's something il definitely be looking into.

Hope that helps

[RobM77]

That's interesting.

Running barefoot opens one up to a whole host of other injuries though! Sharp stones are very painful, as are thorns from the bushes that often line running routes. My running route is along footpaths beside fields and across meadows, so I think shoes is more practical I only know this because I've often got flat tyres on my road bike fairly close to home and had to walk home in thin cycling socks. ouch!

[K87]

That's the new Market though, making shoes that feel as close to bare foot as possible. Nike seem to have had some success with the Nike free shoe as has the vibram five fingers.

Then again though with enough conditioning it is possible to reach leather like levels of toughness on the soles of the feet. Probably difficult for the average runner but these ancient tribes and certainly some areas of Africa prove it's possible. Starting off in safe areas is the key, treadmills, running tracks, grass etc

[Halb]

Well we were all barefoot at some point and Aborgines and others still are.
So then these spongy trainer are not needed? And the sort of shoe I use for lifting weights, converse or a gola thing with no sole is actually better?

[K87]

Halb said:

Well we were all barefoot at some point and Aborgines and others still are.
So then these spongy trainer are not needed? And the sort of shoe I use for lifting weights, converse or a gola thing with no sole is actually better?

Apparently so. Seems the manufacturers are slowly starting to realise that too with some of the new designs popping up.

Another interesting fact..... well I say fact.... it may be open to debate... The human is capable of outrunning anything, distance stamina wise. Obviously a lot of animals can sprint a lot faster, but the human is able to maintain a faster speed over longer times, our ancestors at some stage literally used to chase animals to death, literally the point they collapsed from exhaustion. Its apparently due to us being on two feet, out lungs are capable of continually functioning, whereas with most animals the way the front and rear legs come together during each stride compresses the diaphragm which limits the breathing capabilities.

[Johnny]

Yes. Yes I can.

100, just now. I have a witness

[swiftpete]

I'm going to follow the plan, starting tomorrow. Huuurgggh. I'll post what I managed tomorrow.

[mcelliott]

On my holiday I was comfortably doing 500 pressups - 5 sets of 100 with roughly 3 minutes rest inbetween each set. As a one-off I have done 150 but if pushed I think I could squeeze out 200.

[steve_bmw]

yes, just
Feet up on a block, 10 pressups, then sprint across the gym and back, ten pressups and so on until I get to 100 pressups.
Dont think I could do 100 pressups in one go though.

[dirty boy]

I think I can do around 40 in one go? Not too sure, will have a go at lunch.

[metbandit1]

Starting this tomorrow as part of my new healthy regime.

To accompany this Ill do 50 situps to start with, increasing them by 5 per week.

[dirty boy]

dirty boy said:

I think I can do around 40 in one go? Not too sure, will have a go at lunch.

Managed 33

[Jakarta]

Thread Resurrection - Just started this, could do 25 straight away so started on Week 3 and did days 1,2 & 3 on consecutive days with no break.
Took a day or two out and then tried a maximum, only managed 35, whereas I was doing 30 for the max push at the end of the workout on day 3.
Started week 4 day 1 yesterday, 18,22,16,16 with a finish of 25.
About to go and try week 4, day 2, level 2.
More to report tomorrow.

Anybody else still doing this or keen to join in. It seems to have been rather popular 5-6 years ago.

[Johnny]

I still do 250-300 a day in sets of 50 each day...

[throt]

I do 50 min high intensity cross trainer first, then 6 sets of ab scrunches, leg raises and then press ups.

Its in that order to, abs - 45 reps, leg raises - 45 reps ( for lower ab wall ) and then the press ups - 50 reps. However, sometimes on the last 6th set press up I test myself to see if i can bang out 100 reps, which i can do.

Been training years, so body use to it.

[MC Bodge]

I do 100+ pressups on my pull/push days, but I am currently doing them slowly, with good form, in set of 15 or 20, and often with my feet elevated at various heights.

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[throt]

MC Bodge said:

I do 100+ pressups on my pull/push days, but I am currently doing them slowly, with good form, in set of 15 or 20, and often with my feet elevated at various heights.

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Elevation and speed, thats good to vary and stops the boredom too.. Sometimes I hold ab scrunch"s for about 3 seconds then repeat, gives the old mid section a good squeeze...

[MrBarry123]

100 successive good form press-ups without a noticeable rest is an impressive achievement. Fair play to anyone that can.

[Ayahuasca]

F**k me - I last looked at this thread 8 years ago!

Did anyone do the whole 100 press up challenge?

Eight years older, not much fitter, might start this again.

Who else is in?