Ok.. This isn't new idea nor probably even a good one. On the first of January 2014 I decided I would give up drinking booze and do a bucket load of pushups to see what happens when someone gives up booze and does a bucket load of push ups.
So here's what happened to me, please note that I am not championing this a great way to get fitness results and I'm sure there's an infinite amount of better ways. I looked at my life and decided that this is what I would do and see what happens.
The no booze bit was easy, you don't need to do anything at all. The pushups on the other hand were a challenge at times. I chose to do just pushups for no particular reason (it just popped into my head). They seemed convenient because I could do them
in between making school lunches or first thing in the morning or late at night or in a hotel room or whatever. I thought I could average 500 per day and did for a couple of months, sometimes having to do 1000 or more in a day to catch up.. I let that goal go and just decided to do around 500-700 every time I did them and try to do them as many days as possible.
In December I added the up and I was just below 400 per day average and pushed to get to 400 by the end of the year (a bit OCD I know). anyway with a day spare I have 146010 (an extra 10 for good measure).
Tidbits. I had 46 days with zero Pushups.
The most in one day was 1500. I'd usually do 10 sets of 50 but sometimes 5 sets of 100 and the most I could do at once was 140 after resting for a day or 2. I'd occasionally wear a 15kg lead weight belt that I used to use skydiving.
How do I feel. Bloody great. My fitness was average and now I feel pretty good especially in my core. I did get some growth in my chest but the muscles in front of the shoulders (not sure what they're called) seem to have made the biggest increase.
I'm 42 years old and have broken my back twice (skydiving). I have some hardware in my back after surgery and my back feels great.
Ok...Do I recommend this... No. But it was a fun challenge. Will I do it again? No... Pullups here we come.
I will work more rest into my fitness this year because at times the numbers hanging over me were a drag...
Thanks
So here's what happened to me, please note that I am not championing this a great way to get fitness results and I'm sure there's an infinite amount of better ways. I looked at my life and decided that this is what I would do and see what happens.
The no booze bit was easy, you don't need to do anything at all. The pushups on the other hand were a challenge at times. I chose to do just pushups for no particular reason (it just popped into my head). They seemed convenient because I could do them
in between making school lunches or first thing in the morning or late at night or in a hotel room or whatever. I thought I could average 500 per day and did for a couple of months, sometimes having to do 1000 or more in a day to catch up.. I let that goal go and just decided to do around 500-700 every time I did them and try to do them as many days as possible.
In December I added the up and I was just below 400 per day average and pushed to get to 400 by the end of the year (a bit OCD I know). anyway with a day spare I have 146010 (an extra 10 for good measure).
Tidbits. I had 46 days with zero Pushups.
The most in one day was 1500. I'd usually do 10 sets of 50 but sometimes 5 sets of 100 and the most I could do at once was 140 after resting for a day or 2. I'd occasionally wear a 15kg lead weight belt that I used to use skydiving.
How do I feel. Bloody great. My fitness was average and now I feel pretty good especially in my core. I did get some growth in my chest but the muscles in front of the shoulders (not sure what they're called) seem to have made the biggest increase.
I'm 42 years old and have broken my back twice (skydiving). I have some hardware in my back after surgery and my back feels great.
Ok...Do I recommend this... No. But it was a fun challenge. Will I do it again? No... Pullups here we come.
I will work more rest into my fitness this year because at times the numbers hanging over me were a drag...
Thanks