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July 15, 2008

Push yourself

By Kashi Read more 30 day challenge, daily challenge, strength, toning up, and workouts
Challenge Yourself for: 30 days

Few exercises are as basic – or as productive – as the humble pushup, which help you feel stronger in a matter of weeks. You can modify them to fit your individual fitness level – try them on your knees or your toes, legs together or spread. This month, challenge yourself to do 2-3 sets of 10 pushups, three days per week. At the end of the month, prove you’re stronger by adding another set to your routine. You’ll definitely be motivated to keep it up. _Always consult a physician before starting any exercise routine._ _(When logging progress for this challenge, only log as many days as you participated the activity within the 30-day time frame.)_

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    m4soph4 commented on this. 5 months ago

    I started doing 30 daily pushups when I was 16, and I never stopped. It is now 34 years later, and I am a pretty strong old lady! I like the idea of doing sets. I will try to do another set of 30 per day.

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    Keeper commented on this. about 3 years ago

    I don’t have a lot of upper body strength, It was a challenge to get 3 sets in. I had to do them on my knees, but am happy with my start :)

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    chefallison commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Had to do them on my knees, but I did them!

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    Suezqute commented on this. over 3 years ago

    this is a great addition to my workout

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    Beautysparkle commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I joined dance at my school and we do push up’s daily, we also do about 80 crunches ( they hurt) aand i go to the gym after school.

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    kdloca commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Try this site to build up to 100 consecutive pushups it is a 6 week program. I am in my 3rd week. It is so much fun to see my progess.

    http://hundredpushups.com/

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    mtbvegan commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I did push ups with my morning run. Run 10 minutes, stop at a bench and did pushups off the seat, run 10 minutes, repeat. Felt great!

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    Kilgras43 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I know that health is an issue for kids, especially with the removal of PE from the schools and the increase in sedanatary activities like computer games. My 16 year old so loves computer games, so several years ago I institued a rule of 25 push ups for every hour on the computer. He could chose not to do them and get off the computer or he could do the push ups over the period of an hour. Now, he can easily do 100 push up at a time and has made it his goal to join the armed services.

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    boblyns commented on this. over 3 years ago

    So I have been doing 3 weeks of pushups. Now I can do 5 sets of pushups and total I have done 85 in one day. Aamazing. I have never done more tban say 20 in any given day.

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    book_worm_forever commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Ok, I started out today. so far I can do 2 sets of 10. one step at a time.

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    dragonlady commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Ok I am going to give this a try. I have never been good at pushups and will have to start out in the girlie position :D. Hopefully this helps me out!!!

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    ewall commented on this. over 3 years ago

    First day. Geez. I could barely do 10 from my knees. Guess that’s what happens when you top 3 bills! Oh well. Better tomorrow, right?

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    baby10 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Like just a few mintues ago I push ups and I did other ones and it felt really cool so I’m going to do that every single day.

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    senoragarcia84 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I was in the military for 4 years and could do 70+ push ups in 2 mins. Not anymore. This is a great challenge to help me get back to that!! I could barely make it to 10 without my arms trembling. I’ll be sore tomorrow!!!!

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    Karineh33 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I am going to challenge myself. I am encouraged by the blogs! I wish everyone the strength to “PUSH” forward! ;)

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    Pnutbutter2 commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I’m just getting started and it’s nice to know that there are others out there….I can do this!!

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    rsisneros commented on this. over 3 years ago

    My bootcamp619 trainer is a firm believer in the push-up! I’m getting stronger every week!

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    poodlequeen commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Starting today, wish me luck

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    2ndchancer commented on this. over 3 years ago

    still on knees but in just 3 days, i can feel a little more strength!

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    mtsb commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I will attempt 10 “real” push-ups (not the”girly” ones) in less than 30 seconds…

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    zencrash commented on this. over 3 years ago

    i am recovering from back surgury, so instead of doing them on the floor, i’m doing push-ups useing a wall instead

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    2ndchancer commented on this. over 3 years ago

    Started today w/push-ups. Have to do them on knees at this point, but maybe one day…..!

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    Goldydog commented on this. over 3 years ago

    I didn’t know this website was here! I will give the “humble push-up” a try. Ok…here I go!

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    EatFitBeFit commented on this. over 3 years ago

    So I started this a little bit ago but did not realize that it was on here, except I was doing fifteen per day, which adds up to a little over this amount. i am sticking to that.