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. I've seen it a hundred times.

It's like putting a powerful engine in a stock Toyota Tercel. What will you accomplish? You'll blow out the drive train, the clutch, the transmission, etc., because those factory parts aren't designed to handle the power of an engine much more powerful than the factory installed engine.

Push-ups basically only train the chest muscles and to some extent, the triceps. What you really want to do is train your entire body, all the major muscle groups (chest, back, abdomen, legs, shoulders and arms) at the same time, over the course of a workout. And don't forget your cardiovascular work!

I'm proud of you guys wanting to do this. Three cheers! Falling in love with exercise, eating right, etc., is one of the greatest things you can do for yourself. And you WILL fall in love with it if you can just force yourself to stick with it a year or two and experience the amazing progress you'll make.

But do it right, okay?

My advice, find a good gym, with qualified trainers who will design your programs for you (especially in the beginning, until you get the hang of it yourself) and guide you in your quest for physical fitness. Thirty to 45 minutes a day, three days a week, is all you'll ever need to do (I refuse to believe anyone is so busy that he or she cannot make time for that, especially considering how important it is).

And don't worry about being embarrassed or not being in shape the first time you walk into the gym. You have to start somewhere and almost every one of us were there ourselves at one time. So no one will say anything to you and very, very quickly you will progress way beyond that stage anyway.

Now get out there and do it!

I’ve been doing 500 push-ups a day to see if I see any difference, what I noticed was my bench press went up, I feel stronger benching than before. Only been doing it for 10 days I’ve done it before but long ago. Trying to see if I could 1000 for 7 days straight soon.

I thought I was good at push-ups until I tried this video. Kicked my butt

I might try doing this every day for a month and see the results. Only 15 minutes

https://youtu.be/WomhbEXCYfQ?si=__oj0KlWyyS-AbFD

Self imposed challenge, want to do 100k push ups, squats 50k pull ups and dips in 2025. So 274 and 137 reps per day of each. Will point out I am someone who's done high rep stuff before also did 200 100 of the above for like 30 days already. Main issue is hand care, need to moisturise often and occasionally use a pumice stone on it.

This will be on top of my normal workouts. The way I did the previous month is mainly splitting it up throughout the day. So like 20 reps here and there. Also I have pull up station and gymnastic rings so can do dips and pull ups whenever.

For injuries I'm not pushing myself in like I'm not trying to go for it as fast as possible every day I'm doing a small amount spread throughout the day. If there is a worry in terms of injuries, like I'm feeling fatigued or maybe I'm sick I'll make an adjustment like knee push ups, use resistance band for pull ups or partial reps just make the movement easier.

With my normal workouts and on my rest days I have stretching routine, which has helped me feel better and I think help understand my body. So I don't imagine I will go from one day to next injured if that is a worry, imagine I will spot any problems before they become serious. But realistically I don't see myself having issues but always good to look out for them.

So why am I doing this, 1 I like big number. 2 It feels like good discipline. 3 I enjoy exercising and this is the type I enjoy (don't do sports, it's either walking or working out mix of weights and bodyweight stuff) 4. I have done high rep stuff before but not any long term stuff at least not this long like I did 1-50 push ups then back down again, done 5000 squats without moving my feet from the spot they were in. For my birthday I tend to do something 1000 times. So for me this is a nice way to do high rep but in a manageable form as in able to do it daily.

66795 in total. Was gonna do 1 per number of days into the year per day but this is more reasonable.

Hello, I am a 15 year old male and I currently do 255 pushups in one set under 12 minutes

I have been training high rep pushups since I was 13 and I would like some tips for my next set.

My shoulders and wrists are always hurting towards the halfway mark, and I’m not sure how to properly control my breathing. Any tips will help, thank you 🙏

1 month of 100/day. Started at 20 x5. Up to 25 x4. Can do 50 nonstop but a bit winded.

Today marks my first week doing this challenge. Not sure how long Ill go, It just feels good to have some kind of routine. I hope to achieve 80 non stop which is what I was able to do in the army, many years ago.

Its encouraging to read so many people doing different techniques and achieving results!

I like to break my 100 in 4 sets of 25. I do them in about 20 minutes or so.

To those struggling to complete the daily challenge, dont give up, you got this!

100 knee pushups but with 10 pound vest or 100 regular pushups

Hi, I have been practicing pushups and cannot, no matter how hard I try, CANNOT, get past 30 in a row. It doesn’t matter how much I do them or how many sets, nothing seems to work. I don’t have much knowledge of different training techniques. Any advice?

How to I place my weight to be spread evenly across my hand as opposed to having all the strain in my wrist?

If there is any tips or tutorials u guys have I’d appreciate it

I started doing 100 daily pushups on August 18. Today it’s day 100 and I haven’t missed a day!

The first 30 days I did exactly 100 each day. Day 31-60 I increased to 120 pushups/day. Days 61-90 I pushed myself and increased to 200/day. Right now I’m at 220/day.

Not sure how long I’ll keep it up but it’s still kind of fun! 😀

As the title says

How have you avoided elbow and wrist strain?

From boxing I have tennis elbow that flares up as well as more prone to wrist injuries

Hey everyone! My birthday was at the end of October and that's when I decided to begin building towards my 100-pushups-a-day habit. I quickly realised that even if I spread all 100 throughout the day, it would be way too much for me. So, I scaled down and aimed for 50 a day at first.

After a couple of weeks, I felt comfortable enough to push for 100 and did that three days ago! Then, I did it again the following day.

I understand that I pushed my body way beyond what it's used to, so I'm taking two days off to recover before I reattempt it again. I probably won't be able to do it every day just yet, but that's alright; progress over perfection!

Whatever the case, my aim is to normalize doing 100 pushups a day by the new year. As I adjust to it, I will be tightening up the window of time in which I do the 100 pushups. Right now it takes me all day, but I will gradually bring them closer and closer until I'm doing them all in one set.

Did my hundy today in five sets of 20 for the first time. I'd been doing sets of 10-15 up to now.

I started doing 100 daily pushups back on August 18.

When I’d done that for 30 days I said to myself - let’s do 120/day! That wasn’t a large difference and I did that for 30 days as well.

On October 17 I stepped it up and started doing 200 pushups per day. All strict, with my feet up on a chair for added resistance.

Today, after 17 days of 200/day, I realized that means I’ve done 10,000 pushups in total! This is over 77 days in total.

I’m going to keep on doing 200/day until I’ve done it for 30 days (13 more days), after that I haven’t decided yet.

So I need to get to 60 push ups in 2 weeks I had a routine of 30 push ups thrice every day that is morning afternoon and evening but I can’t seem to get to 35. Every time I try I end up quitting at 30. I need help please

I am using this app is this good https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.strzelba.push_ups

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most of the pushups im gonna do are gonna be at school im gonna keep count