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100 push-ups

By the end of the year I will do 100 consecutive push-ups.

What was I thinking? 100? Right now I can do 25 (30 if someone held a gun to my head).

Fortunately, this is not an original idea. Over at 43things.com, doing various numbers of push-ups is a fairly common goal, while at Iron Dungeon there’s a plan to get you there.

The main point is that this is all about endurance. Plenty of people can do more push-ups as sets of 10 - even I can do 40 or 50 that way. The problem is when one gets to 30 in a row, one’s arms begin to burn and feel like they’re going to fall off.

So, I challenge the tomandzoe.com readership to provide some baseline data. Warm up and then do as many push-ups as you can. It might help if you get a large friend to count for you or yell at you. Report back!

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14 Responses to “100 push-ups”

  1. timtim says:
    January 10th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    that sounds like a challenge

  2. Phildo says:
    January 10th, 2007 at 5:07 pm

    Tom, you know it is all about the vertical push up!

  3. ylm says:
    January 10th, 2007 at 7:33 pm

    Well.
    I think we need some definition of push-up here.
    Do age related ones count for the same as full on ones ? - say bent knees?
    The T&Z readership covers generations - all of whom are up for a challenge
    but would probably like to survive and still be able to move.

  4. tom says:
    January 11th, 2007 at 8:43 am

    How many can you do Phil?

  5. Spineless says:
    January 11th, 2007 at 9:02 am

    Sounds like you all need to get a life :)

  6. Phildo says:
    January 11th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    not enough!

  7. Ryan says:
    January 11th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    19 damn it. I was more buff when I was 15.

  8. tom says:
    January 12th, 2007 at 8:05 am

    ylm, maybe you should start with the girly ones and see how you go. same goes for you timtim ;)

  9. timtim says:
    January 12th, 2007 at 9:22 am

    “when timtim does a push up, he’s not pushing up, he’s pushing the world down”

  10. tom says:
    January 12th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    “…with his knees on the ground”.

  11. Lewis says:
    January 12th, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    I am about where you are Tom. 25 is about my limit.

  12. timtim says:
    January 17th, 2007 at 9:40 am

    When my arms and the rest of my body stop hurting from climbing on the weekend I am going to give this thing a go.. look out 45…

  13. tom says:
    January 18th, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    Check out the push-up poll results, 58% at 100+.

    As if!

  14. bob says:
    September 22nd, 2007 at 3:15 pm

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