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On September 07 2008 05:52 GrandInquisitor wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 05:25 Eniram wrote:
Why do you guys want to be able to do 100 pushups? I don't understand it. Its so arbitrary. Its like trying to be able to do 103 jumping jacks in a minute, or 200 consecutive calf raises. And why would you want to get 200 APM, or be able to run a marathon? It's an arbitrary number and nothing but a symbol, but a pretty satisfying symbol nonetheless, considering what it stands for.
Thats different. Those things are benchmarks for accomplishments in a given area. Its safe to say anyone that can run a marathon has really great endurance. Or somebody that has 200 apm is a lot more reactive than the average starcraft player. But what does doing 100 pushups say? Nothing really, except your good at pushups.
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Kau
Canada3500 Posts
On September 07 2008 06:32 Eniram wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 05:52 GrandInquisitor wrote:On September 07 2008 05:25 Eniram wrote:
Why do you guys want to be able to do 100 pushups? I don't understand it. Its so arbitrary. Its like trying to be able to do 103 jumping jacks in a minute, or 200 consecutive calf raises. And why would you want to get 200 APM, or be able to run a marathon? It's an arbitrary number and nothing but a symbol, but a pretty satisfying symbol nonetheless, considering what it stands for. Thats different. Those things are benchmarks for accomplishments in a given area. Its safe to say anyone that can run a marathon has really great endurance. Or somebody that has 200 apm is a lot more reactive than the average starcraft player. But what does doing 100 pushups say? Nothing really, except your good at pushups.
What does running a marathon say? Nothing really, except your good at marathon running.
What does having 200 apm say? Nothing really, except you might be good at starcraft.
It's safe to say that anyone that can do 100 pushups has really great endurance and strength in their upper body.
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this is really stupid. But i guess whatever gets you off ur lazy bums!
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On September 07 2008 06:41 Kau wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 06:32 Eniram wrote:On September 07 2008 05:52 GrandInquisitor wrote:On September 07 2008 05:25 Eniram wrote:
Why do you guys want to be able to do 100 pushups? I don't understand it. Its so arbitrary. Its like trying to be able to do 103 jumping jacks in a minute, or 200 consecutive calf raises. And why would you want to get 200 APM, or be able to run a marathon? It's an arbitrary number and nothing but a symbol, but a pretty satisfying symbol nonetheless, considering what it stands for. Thats different. Those things are benchmarks for accomplishments in a given area. Its safe to say anyone that can run a marathon has really great endurance. Or somebody that has 200 apm is a lot more reactive than the average starcraft player. But what does doing 100 pushups say? Nothing really, except your good at pushups. What does running a marathon say? Nothing really, except your good at marathon running. What does having 200 apm say? Nothing really, except you might be good at starcraft. It's safe to say that anyone that can do 100 pushups has really great endurance and strength in their upper body.
I already mentioned what those examples say about a person and then you pretended like you didn't read it or something.
100 pushups DOES NOT MEAN somebody has great endurance or strength in their upper body. For one, its a bodyweight exercise, meaning people at different weights are doing different amounts of work. Somebody that weighs 300lbs that can do 100 pushups is more impressive than somebody that weighs 115 lbs doing it. Agreed? So you can't just say "anyone that can do 100 consecutive pushups has good upper body strength." Do you really think a 115lb kid is strong? Because I can guarantee you theres countless kids that can do 100 pushups. Going even further, the pushup is only one out of a wide variety of upper body exercises. What if you can do 100 pushups, but 3 pullups? Do you still have a strong upper body? So what does training to be able to do more pushups get you? The ability to do more pushups.
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On September 07 2008 07:48 Eniram wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 06:41 Kau wrote:On September 07 2008 06:32 Eniram wrote:On September 07 2008 05:52 GrandInquisitor wrote:On September 07 2008 05:25 Eniram wrote:
Why do you guys want to be able to do 100 pushups? I don't understand it. Its so arbitrary. Its like trying to be able to do 103 jumping jacks in a minute, or 200 consecutive calf raises. And why would you want to get 200 APM, or be able to run a marathon? It's an arbitrary number and nothing but a symbol, but a pretty satisfying symbol nonetheless, considering what it stands for. Thats different. Those things are benchmarks for accomplishments in a given area. Its safe to say anyone that can run a marathon has really great endurance. Or somebody that has 200 apm is a lot more reactive than the average starcraft player. But what does doing 100 pushups say? Nothing really, except your good at pushups. What does running a marathon say? Nothing really, except your good at marathon running. What does having 200 apm say? Nothing really, except you might be good at starcraft. It's safe to say that anyone that can do 100 pushups has really great endurance and strength in their upper body. I already mentioned what those examples say about a person and then you pretended like you didn't read it or something. 100 pushups DOES NOT MEAN somebody has great endurance or strength in their upper body. For one, its a bodyweight exercise, meaning people at different weights are doing different amounts of work. Somebody that weighs 300lbs that can do 100 pushups is more impressive than somebody that weighs 115 lbs doing it. Agreed? So you can't just say "anyone that can do 100 consecutive pushups has good upper body strength." Do you really think a 115lb kid is strong? Because I can guarantee you theres countless kids that can do 100 pushups. Going even further, the pushup is only one out of a wide variety of upper body exercises. What if you can do 100 pushups, but 3 pullups? Do you still have a strong upper body? So what does training to be able to do more pushups get you? The ability to do more pushups.
try doing 100 pushups. dumbass
If you can do 100 pushups you have decent upper body strength MOST* of the time. Im sure there will be some skinny motherfucker with huge triceps but 100 pushups is pretty hard to do without good upper body strength.
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Eniram, pick any 115lbs kid you know and make him/her do (good) pushups and share your findings, hokay? Actually, I agree on the "doing 100 pushups is nothing to brag about" because I think that it requires mainly endurance, but nevertheless, I think that you severely underestimate bodyweight exercises - there are such things as cardio endurance and dynamics which improve running, jumping etc - which in my mind are skills equal to heavy lifting or whatever. Doing 100 pushups in a row DOES indicate at least some degree of upper body and core strength and endurance. And I seriously doubt that anyone capable of doing 100pu-s in a row will fall short of say 10 pullups, although it uses different muscle groups.
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Ok but the question remains, why do you guys want to be so good at pushups???
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On September 07 2008 06:32 Eniram wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 05:52 GrandInquisitor wrote:On September 07 2008 05:25 Eniram wrote:
Why do you guys want to be able to do 100 pushups? I don't understand it. Its so arbitrary. Its like trying to be able to do 103 jumping jacks in a minute, or 200 consecutive calf raises. And why would you want to get 200 APM, or be able to run a marathon? It's an arbitrary number and nothing but a symbol, but a pretty satisfying symbol nonetheless, considering what it stands for. Thats different. Those things are benchmarks for accomplishments in a given area. Its safe to say anyone that can run a marathon has really great endurance. Or somebody that has 200 apm is a lot more reactive than the average starcraft player. But what does doing 100 pushups say? Nothing really, except your good at pushups.
if you can run a marathon you probably have endurance
if you have 200 apm you are probably good at multitasking
if you can do 100 pushups you probably have good upper body strength
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On September 07 2008 08:21 Eniram wrote:
Ok but the question remains, why do you guys want to be so good at pushups???
The real question is, why not?
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On August 12 2008 03:31 GrandInquisitor wrote:http://hundredpushups.com/index.htmlIs anyone else interested in doing this with me? I'm at Rank 3 right now and I'm starting Week 1 - Day 1 today.
Is there a plan of these but for ABS ?
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On September 07 2008 13:08 Ozarugold wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 08:21 Eniram wrote:
Ok but the question remains, why do you guys want to be so good at pushups??? The real question is, why not?
Its a waste of time.
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On September 07 2008 13:13 Eniram wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 13:08 Ozarugold wrote:On September 07 2008 08:21 Eniram wrote:
Ok but the question remains, why do you guys want to be so good at pushups??? The real question is, why not? Its a waste of time. to you maybe. but i'll bet you're really fat or really skinny
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On September 07 2008 13:13 Eniram wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 13:08 Ozarugold wrote:On September 07 2008 08:21 Eniram wrote:
Ok but the question remains, why do you guys want to be so good at pushups??? The real question is, why not? Its a waste of time.
So is Starcraft. Your point?
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On September 07 2008 12:46 GrandInquisitor wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 06:32 Eniram wrote:On September 07 2008 05:52 GrandInquisitor wrote:On September 07 2008 05:25 Eniram wrote:
Why do you guys want to be able to do 100 pushups? I don't understand it. Its so arbitrary. Its like trying to be able to do 103 jumping jacks in a minute, or 200 consecutive calf raises. And why would you want to get 200 APM, or be able to run a marathon? It's an arbitrary number and nothing but a symbol, but a pretty satisfying symbol nonetheless, considering what it stands for. Thats different. Those things are benchmarks for accomplishments in a given area. Its safe to say anyone that can run a marathon has really great endurance. Or somebody that has 200 apm is a lot more reactive than the average starcraft player. But what does doing 100 pushups say? Nothing really, except your good at pushups. if you can do 100 pushups you probably have good upper body strength
not if you only do push ups
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i cant see a 115 pound guy doing 100 pushups
or at the least by the time he has mastered 100 pushups he's put on at least 10 pounds
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Canada7170 Posts
This only takes about half an hour a week. Not really a waste of time if it gets me off my ass.
Going into week 5 strong.
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I made it a challenge to myself to do 100 a few years ago because my dad told me he could do 100 when he was younger. I started off being able to do only about 30. I made it a rule that my nose had to touch the floor at the bottom of the push up to make sure I wasn't cheating myself. It took me about a year to get to the point where I could do 100.
6 weeks seems to me to be a little hopeful especially for people starting from 20 or less. I don't think some of you realise quite how tough 100 push ups can be but then some of you are probably cheating a bit without noticing. Then again the program is a bit more sophisticated than the way I did it so maybe it'll work. I used to just do as many as I could until fail and then make up the 100 with another 2 or so sets and the number gradually increased that way.
Anyway I saw this on another site and even though I've done 100 before I thought I'd give it a go again to help with muscle toning (and impress the gf  ) so I started from Monday. As I could already do 50 I thought it was a waste of time doing the 1st two weeks so I started from week 3. I'm going to do week 3 x2, week 4 x2, then week 5 and week 6.
Those people who say it won't make you buff are right. When I could do 100 I was a skinny little weed. Doing bench presses at the gym on my maximum possible weight in sets of 10-8-6 or fail was what helped bulk me up. Now I don't want to get any bigger, just lose weight and tone up.
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On September 07 2008 13:13 Eniram wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2008 13:08 Ozarugold wrote:On September 07 2008 08:21 Eniram wrote:
Ok but the question remains, why do you guys want to be so good at pushups??? The real question is, why not? Its a waste of time.
i bet you dont get any cut and you're just taking it out on those who do
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Pushups are for gays
Full pull ups for the real men. Harder and you cant cheat.
If you can do a full pull up with one arm you are definitly a badass.
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