100 Pressups, can you ?
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i can do about 30 without stopping. not very impressive, and im now looking rather red 
i could do maybe 40 - 45 at one point when i made an effort to get myself a bit fitter, but no chance now
i cant imagine being able to get anywhere near to 100 without some serious improvement on my fitness
i could do maybe 40 - 45 at one point when i made an effort to get myself a bit fitter, but no chance now
i cant imagine being able to get anywhere near to 100 without some serious improvement on my fitness
I've recently got into doing press ups as part of my weight loss programme over the last couple of weeks, so I've printed this off and will start it from tomorrow morning and see how I get on. I was up to 30 last week in one hit, but damn near exhausted when I got there! 
Will be interested to see what the results are like over the first few weeks.
Will be interested to see what the results are like over the first few weeks.
Just done 53 in one shot. f
king knackered now!
Funny really, I can bench press more now than I could back when I could do 100 pressups in a row. Just goes to show it's stamina rather than strength that you need for this kind of thing. I don't really do any muscle stamina work these days, just strength.
king knackered now!Funny really, I can bench press more now than I could back when I could do 100 pressups in a row. Just goes to show it's stamina rather than strength that you need for this kind of thing. I don't really do any muscle stamina work these days, just strength.
Edited by Yugguy on Sunday 10th August 17:25
Do we need to set the definition of a pressup (i.e. depth, position of hands, length of time it takes to get there and back?)? This makes a huge difference.
I used to play national level sport so was pretty fit. At one point (after reading a spy novel no less!) I decided to try for 100 push ups at a go. I was comfortably able to do 50 at a pop. Take a break of about 1 minute and then onto the next 50. Not sure this is "legit" but I lost interest after that!
Took my about 3 weeks to get up to that level.
Wouldn't normally get onto this sort of thread, but it struck a cord because of that novel!
I used to play national level sport so was pretty fit. At one point (after reading a spy novel no less!) I decided to try for 100 push ups at a go. I was comfortably able to do 50 at a pop. Take a break of about 1 minute and then onto the next 50. Not sure this is "legit" but I lost interest after that!
Took my about 3 weeks to get up to that level.
Wouldn't normally get onto this sort of thread, but it struck a cord because of that novel!
I'm 2 months now following the advice of a bloke called Tom Venuto on www.burnthefatblog.com , i actually forked out for his ebook.
Realise now how totally ignorant I have been regarding nutrition etc.
Basically , you must do ALL these 4 things
cardio training (to burn off fat)
weight training (to make sure you dont lose muscle, and ideally build muscle (which helps use fat even when resting)
proper nutrition (im doing 40% carbs 40% protein 20% fat diet)
the nutrition is really interesting, he points out lots of important points, the main ones being :
5 smaller meals a day
start eating as soon as you wake up
no fried food. ever.
no complex carbs after about 3pm (e.g. bread, rice, etc). simple carbs ok
try not to eat within about 3 hours of going to bed
taper off the meals, biggest early on slowly getting smaller through day
the only thing the body uses to build (e.g. muscle) is protein, you can only hang on to protein for a couple of hours - hence regular small meals containing protein
protein (i like a protein shake personally) soon after workout to help rebuild muscle.
im doing 700 calories a day on cardio workouts, and 30 mins weight training 4/5 times a week, and following his nutrition advice (basically tuna, salmon, skinless chicken breasts, no white bread or white rice (brown ok), plenty fruit/veg)
and keeping my total calories for each day about 500 less than i need to maintain weight
Realise now how totally ignorant I have been regarding nutrition etc.
Basically , you must do ALL these 4 things
cardio training (to burn off fat)
weight training (to make sure you dont lose muscle, and ideally build muscle (which helps use fat even when resting)
proper nutrition (im doing 40% carbs 40% protein 20% fat diet)
the nutrition is really interesting, he points out lots of important points, the main ones being :
5 smaller meals a day
start eating as soon as you wake up
no fried food. ever.
no complex carbs after about 3pm (e.g. bread, rice, etc). simple carbs ok
try not to eat within about 3 hours of going to bed
taper off the meals, biggest early on slowly getting smaller through day
the only thing the body uses to build (e.g. muscle) is protein, you can only hang on to protein for a couple of hours - hence regular small meals containing protein
protein (i like a protein shake personally) soon after workout to help rebuild muscle.
im doing 700 calories a day on cardio workouts, and 30 mins weight training 4/5 times a week, and following his nutrition advice (basically tuna, salmon, skinless chicken breasts, no white bread or white rice (brown ok), plenty fruit/veg)
and keeping my total calories for each day about 500 less than i need to maintain weight
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