If you only train one part of your body (and that's all a single exercise like pushups is going to do for you), you're setting yourself up for injuries down the road. Well, I certainly applaud anyone wanting to do a hundred pushups, but take it from this old gym rat, I've spent my entire adult life in the gym, and a program like this one can do more harm than good. Mixing things up with another exercises certainly has more benefits. Regarding the challenge, excessive amounts of work in one plane, doing one motion does not seem useful at all and rather boring. Not being stupid with your training helps. Some dangers of imbalance are overstated, some can cause orthopedic issues. Bent over rows, t-bar rows and exercises like reverse flys should certainly be part of every programm. Just be conscious to train everything and don't neglect areas just because someones programming does not address them. Being aware of you posture during the day is arguably even more important. Dysbalance develops over time and not only with training. The notion to balance within the same plane is not a bad thing though. In general keeping the back strong has more benefits and less negative effects than a focus the chest and deltoids.You don't need to be able to do the same amount of rows, as the anterior and posterior muscles are aligned differently with different muscle sizes. Here’s the metronome I used to do the challengeĪnd to those who’d like to give it a shot, good luck! The difficulty of the challenge shouldn’t be underestimated - it’s a mental journey to say the least, and you’d be surprised how taxing a matter of minutes can be on nearly your entire upper body. you should make a dead stop both at the bottom and at the top of your push upĪnd that’s it. ![]() Chest must at most be 2 inches from the floor on every push up No excessive butts in the air (or sagging for that matter) Lagging behind metronome pace results in disqualification *its preferable, but not required to tuck elbows in rather than out To ‘beat’ the challenge, you must complete 100 nonstop push ups obeying the following: ![]() Goal: last as long as possible following a 50 beat per minute metronome. This provides for a killer shoulder, chest, and tricep workout all in one. That being said, this is INFINITELY harder than simply doing 100 consecutive push ups. ![]() Every metronome click signals down, every other signals up (as such, completing the entire 100 should take 4 minutes). And that’s exactly what the challenge I have in mind is: 100 nonstop push ups.ĭoing it at 50 beats per minute. Not many get there but those that do surely earn bragging rights. The notorious 100 push ups is commonly a goal attributed with mastering the push up. We do not frown on weights or barbells as another tool for training.
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