One hundred push ups

[GLC1968]

How did I miss this thread? I've had the 100 pushups logo on my blog for awhile now, but I haven't even done the initial test yet!

I wanted to do it last Friday so that I could start this week, but I forgot and then spend the weekend doing a lot of HEAVY lifting. Today I could barely pull up my pants, never mind do a push up! I'll do my self test later this week and join you all on Sunday.

I used to be pretty good at pushups - it's been so long since I lifted a proper weight that I'm a little scared that I'll be embarassed by my starting numbers.

[Grog]

My chest muscles ARE sore this morning. Simple office tasks require a bit of uuumph to get them done. Wow.

How many am I supposed to do tomorrow??

[limewave]

I just did day 1. I'm level 1 too. I can feel the ache across my chest already. I find it really hard to believe I'm going to be doing 100 pushups in a few weeks.

[wackyjacky1]

Geez, I always thought I was fairly strong (fat, but strong) but I could only manage 2 push ups on my initial test.

Form question: How far down are you supposed to lower yourself? All the way to the floor? Or about halfway? If I go all the way to the floor, I can barely do two. If I only go about 3/4 of the way down, I am able to do 5.

What a cool idea. I avoided this thread when it first came up because I thought it was just bragging about how many push ups yellow could do!

[SadieKate]

Everything I've read says no lower than a 90 degree bend to the elbow to prevent improper stress to the shoulders.

http://www.changingshape.com/exercis...ng/pushups.asp

Anyone heard anything else?

[wackyjacky1]

Everything I've read says no lower than a 90 degree bend to the elbow to prevent improper stress to the shoulders.

Anyone heard anything else?

That would be great -- I can do a couple more that way than I can if I lower all the way down. The animation on the "What Is A Push Up" page shows the guy going pretty much all the way to the floor, though.

[Jones]

I started yesterday and drug my dh along for fun. My initial test was 3 p.u.'s So yesterday I did 2,2,2,2,4, today my entire upper body hurts. Thanks Yellow, this is just the push I needed. Jones.

[yellow]

Form question: How far down are you supposed to lower yourself? All the way to the floor? Or about halfway? If I go all the way to the floor, I can barely do two. If I only go about 3/4 of the way down, I am able to do 5.

My quads hit the floor at about the same time I'm at 90. But then I have pretty big quads.