The Magic Bus Trip

Erasmus · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: Linear Progression Challenge

Some time ago I ran across a fitness web site that had an interesting challenge. The goal was, starting at 1, add 1 push-up every day to the number of push-ups you do that day. So by the end of the year you are doing 365 push-ups/day. (that is 66,795 over the course of the year for those that are counting) Note: the rules allowed you to breakup push-ups throughout the day.

Now, I am WAY too feeble to do that. But I think it's still a great idea. So I thought why not just modify it to do something plausible for me.

My personal goal is to add 1 push-up/week and do 1 squat (no weight)/day.
Thees are both things I can do in the office without "pitting out". Wink

My challenge to you is to find something that will work for you and to join me. Sunny

-E

Red · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

Um, what happens if you can't do one pushup. Oops

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Erasmus · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject:

chainey · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

Can I lie on my back and "push up" my hands?

There's quite a bit of atmospheric pressure at sea level you know. Plus of course gravity.

Reckon I could do one rep like that.

Maybe.
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Heather · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:57 am Post subject:

I'm always up for a good challenge. Yup

I find that it is much easier to do push ups after my cardio and I have no idea why.
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Red · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:14 am Post subject:

I can do girl-push-ups. But not even all that many of them. LOL

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Erasmus · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

Day 45 Week 7:

7 push-ups
15 knee bends (i'll be catching up to the day count by adding 5/ day)

Valuable time wasted on this pointless exercise: a little less than it took to post this. Wink

-E

Heather · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:05 am Post subject:

I may be able to do one but I haven't tried... Challenge will be starting tomorrow. I think. Maybe....
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Vesna · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

Somehow it's comforting to know I'm not the only one who can't do a single pushup.

Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

Day 46 Week 7:

7 push-ups (1 real/6 desk)
20 knee bends (I'll be catching up to the day count by adding 5/ day)

-E

(it doesn't have to be push-ups you know. It can be anything.)

Heather · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

I couldn't do 1 man style but did manage 1 girl style push up....

YAY!

Day 1/1
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Dean · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:

OK. Pick some that that you can do every day. Then Increase the reps of that thing in a periodic manner. Then keep it up for the rest of the year.

The original idea came for a challenge to push-ups, adding 1 per day so that you start on Jan 1 with 1 push-up and end on Dec 31 doing 365, resulting in having done 66,795 push-ups over the course of the year.

In my case I chose 2 things push-ups and knee bends. Both of these I can do anywhere so there are no excuses. Roll Eyes

I am WAY too feeble to do push-ups as in the original challenge. So I opted to increase my push-ups at the rate of 1 per week rather than one per day. This would result in 9646 push-ups over the course over the year if I had started on Jan 1. I also will be working to do all of the push-ups properly as the year progresses. (I'm up to 1 Wow

)

The Knee bends I am doing on a per day progression so I *should* be at 46 as of today. I'm not ready to do that so I am playing catchup right now.

The challenge is to find something along those lines that works for you. You can either start at the first of the year and catch up or start at 1 now and go on. That's your call.

The original challenge allowed you to break up the push-ups throughout the day. Of course that still meant doing SIXTY push-ups SIX times a day in December. Bonkers

I see no reason to not allow that in this challenge as well. Especially towards the end of the year. Sunny

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Manaloa · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject:

You know this sounds interesting. I'm going to start today.
Day 1
1 push-up (non-girly)
1 sit-up (full, not crunches)
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Dean · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

So, E, are you doing one push up every week, or one push up every day for a week, then the next week, two push ups every day for that week, and so on?
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Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject:

EVERYDAY!

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Heather L · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:09 am Post subject:

Wow... amazing that so many struggle with the push ups.

I guess I am weird. I just now did a set of 20 boy style push ups. All those days training with the barbells have a few perks. Wink

Dean · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:24 am Post subject:

Heather, how are you for pull ups?
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

Erasmus · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

Day 47 Week 7:

7 push-ups (1 real/6 desk)
15+15=30 knee bends (I'll be catching up to the day count by adding 5/ day)

-E
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Heather L · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject:

Manaloa · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

Day 2
2 push-up (non-girly)
2 sit-up (full, not crunches)

I've got my daughter and hubby doing them with me now too.
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Manaloa · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject:

Day 3
3 push-up (non-girly)
3 sit-up (full, not crunches)
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Erasmus · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject:

Day 48 Week 8: (sunday)

8 push-ups (0 real/8 desk)
20+20=40 knee bends (I'll be catching up to the day count by adding 5/ day)

-E
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Erasmus · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:57 am Post subject:

Day 49 Week 8:

8 push-ups (2 real/6 desk)
25+20=45 knee bends (I'll be catching up to the day count by adding 5/ day)

-E
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Manaloa · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:38 am Post subject:

Day 4
4 push-up (non-girly)
4 sit-up (full, not crunches)
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Erasmus · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

Day 50 Week 8:

8 push-ups (2 real/6 desk)
25+25=50 knee bends (I caught up! Sunny

)

Boy howdy are my legs sore. It'll be nice to be adding just 1/day now. Yup

-E
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Manaloa · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:35 am Post subject:

Day 5
5 push-ups (non-girly)
5 sit-ups (full, not crunches)

So far my family is still sticking with it too. We'll see how they feel when it gets closer to 10 each. LOL

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Erasmus · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

Day 51 Week 8:

4+4=8 push-ups (All REAL! Sunny

)
26+25=51 knee bends

When it gets to ten? How about when it gets to 300? LOL

-E
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Erasmus · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject:

Day 52 Week 8:

push-ups: 5+3
knee bends: 30+22

-E
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Dean · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:03 am Post subject:

E, what does 30+22 and 5+3 mean? Confused

Sounds brutal, whatever it is! LOL

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject:

Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

Day 53 Week 8:

push-ups: 6+2
knee bends: 35+18

-E
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Erasmus · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject:

Day 54 Week 8:

push-ups: 8
knee bends: 54

-E
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Erasmus · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject:

Day 55 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 55

-E
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Erasmus · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

Day 56 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 56

Manaloa, where did you go?

-E
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jeff · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:31 am Post subject:

Erasmus · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:25 am Post subject:

Day 57 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 57
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Erasmus · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:04 am Post subject:

Day 58 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 58
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Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:14 am Post subject:

Day 59 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 59
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Heather L · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:37 am Post subject:

Erasmus- Glad to see you are making progress. Do you feel stronger?

Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

Heather L · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

Erasmus- I did 40 boy style push-ups just yesterday as part of my weight training session. I could work on increasing those. I am working hard to try to get to one real pull- up. I think that once I drop another 20 pounds, I may be able to.

I sympathize with you on the sore legs. I can get so sore if I overdo the leg/ lower body weight training. It is pathetic to feel that much pain just from getting up out of a chair. I have learned that if I am very consistent with the training that I get sore less often.

Erasmus · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject:

Day 60 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 60

Heather L · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

I would be willing to add one per week to the total, but I may not be able to do them as one long set. I may have to keep them in groups of 20 or so. 82 boy style push- ups as one long set may not be doable. I'll post my progress each week as I go along.

Your pain in the legs sounds more immediate, while mine was of the dreaded "delayed onset muscle soreness" variety. I love to lift weights, but DOMS can be brutal! The machine leg press can really get me if I let my ego push me to go beyond my limits.

Erasmus · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:10 am Post subject:

Well two weeks ago the the Sunday 5 click dog walk/hike was pretty painful due to the day before's effort, 47. But you are right, the pain is more "normal" now.

And by all means, break up the push-ups over the course of the day.

Shoot, if you feel like it, bump it up 1 every 2 or 3 days instead of 1 every 7. Grin

-E
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Erasmus · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject:

Day 61 Week 9:

push-ups: 9
knee bends: 61
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Heather L · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

Push ups- 20 + 20+ 20 (3 sets of 20 reps)

Progress toward doing pullups---- I was able to pull down my bodyweight on the lat pulldown machine. I'll make it to pull ups eventually.

Erasmus · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

Dean · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject:

Heather L · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:23 pm Post subject: