One Hundred Pushups

The Trial

Steve Spears claims that by using his program, in six weeks, you can be on your way to doing one hundred push-ups. The program is designed to be a three-day-a-week workout designed for anyone who can do at least  five push-ups. If you can’t do five push-ups, I think it is time to get to work. Back in the peak of my fitness, I was only able to do just over 60. Let’s knock that record out of the park.

Before you start

If you are up for following along with the program with me, I suggest double checking with your doctor. One hundred push-ups certainly aren’t worth it if you have a heart attack. Once you get the go ahead, I would recommend printing off this little sheet to keep in your back pocket for the next month and a half. Just in case you don’t have access to a computer for the day.

Initial Test (Sunday, January 17, 2010)

The first step of the program is to decide on what level you should enter.  The initial test is to just try and see how many push-ups you can do in a row. Piece of cake. Out of breath two minutes later, I was able to crank out 36 and I barely squeaked that last one out. After checking the table, as a male under 30 and pounding out 30-49 push-ups, I fit into rank 4.

I will do a MWF program, as my weekends are sometimes screwed up with the army and such. I will also do a weekly test to see how my progress is going. We will kick off the program tomorrow, and see how it all goes.

Day 1 (Monday, January 18, 2010)

By following the programs recommendation, I am going to start on Week 3. Well, this is going to start off pretty easy. I haven’t done anything and I’m already 3 weeks into it. Let’s see my workout:

Sets: 5 Rest: 60 seconds between each level (longer if required)

Set 1: 14 Set 2: 18 Set 3: 14 Set 4: 14 Set 5: 20 (Need a minimum of 20)

Ok, got it all done. Well that was a good start, I don’t think I could have done anymore than that. I found the 60 second break in between a little shorter than I would’ve liked, let’s see how Wednesday goes with 90 seconds.

Day 2 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)

Sets: 5 Rest: 90 seconds between each level (longer if required)

Set 1: 20 Set 2: 25 Set 3: 15 Set 4: 15 Set 5: 25 (Need a minimum of 25)

Talk about sticking with the bare minimum. Those extra 30 seconds definitely helped in the break, but it was hard to keep up with that last set.

Day 3 (Friday, January 22, 2010)

Sets: 5 Rest: 120 seconds between each level (longer if required)

Set 1: 22 Set 2: 30 Set 3: 20 Set 4: 20 Set 5: 28 (Need a minimum of 28)

The last set was by far the hardest but I think I am getting the hang of it. I love the MWF schedule, very easy to keep up. Can’t wait until Monday!