"Club 1000" Challenge

IUtoSLU said:

This evening I am attempting to join Club 1000. This entails doing 1000 pushups in 4 hours. My strategy is to do 25 pushups every 6 minutes for 4 hours straight. I have currently completed 250 pushups in 1 hour. I'll update the thread later.

If anyone else wants to join, post your numbers.

For those of you who hate meaningless personal challenges and achievements - keep typing away while I keep pushing 'em out.

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green_machine said:

i like this thread!

once or twice a week i do 10,20,30,40,50,60,60,50,40,30,20,10,30,30,30 in less than 45 minutes. it's 510 pushups. the hardcore one that prisoners do is 1000 in an hour. but a thousand in 4 hours is still very good. after 500 i'm done. but it gets easier and easier as the weeks go by

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green_machine said:

i like this thread!

once or twice a week i do 10,20,30,40,50,60,60,50,40,30,20,10,30,30,30 in less than 45 minutes. it's 510 pushups. the hardcore one that prisoners do is 1000 in an hour. but a thousand in 4 hours is still very good. after 500 i'm done. but it gets easier and easier as the weeks go by

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Timbaland said:

Good job. I've never though of trying that. Herschel Walker dies 1,000 push ups every day and look at him. That got me to start doing push ups as workouts instead of going to the gym. I do 10 sets of 35 with 1 minute 15 second rests. I might try this 1,000 push up thing in a couple weeks.

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Hartmann said:

How does your elbow feel today?

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IUtoSLU said:

Timbaland said:

Good job. I've never though of trying that. Herschel Walker dies 1,000 push ups every day and look at him. That got me to start doing push ups as workouts instead of going to the gym. I do 10 sets of 35 with 1 minute 15 second rests. I might try this 1,000 push up thing in a couple weeks.

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For the record, doing lots and lots of pushups will not make you, or anyone else, look like Herschel Walker. Pushups train muscle endurance, and not strength (unless you are a weakling to begin with). I train for strength and muscle endurance - I do lots of bodyweight exercises a couple of says a week, but I also lift with heavy weights (5x5, etc).

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