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1 minute ago, Jerry Callo said:

It's not a full push up unless your beard and your hair touch the ground. 

Buddha belly will prevent that

How did you arrive at that number?  55.479 per day.

24 minutes ago, Nuge said:

How did you arrive at that number?

Really?

1 hour ago, immamac said:

Started yesterday slow. Only did 5

20245 left to go. 

You got this!  It's all about consistency.  I'm guessing you have a formula to get to that number that has you ramping up as the year progresses.  Word of advice... build in a buffer.  Give yourself some wriggle room.  There's going to be days where you get sick, are traveling, etc and you can't hit your target.  Don't fall so far behind that you get defeated and lose traction.

The year I turned 40, I set the goal to do 30,000 push-ups, 10,000 pull ups, 10,000 burpees and run 1,000 miles.  I was in pretty good shape going into it, but I made sure that January and February were above my daily averages to give me some fluff.  And, I always looked at my schedule a week or two ahead of time to find days / weeks that I knew I'd fall off pace.  I'd hit it hard ahead of those times so I didn't lose traction.  I was in the best shape of my life that December 31 thanks to the consistency.  You can absolutely do the same.  

The comma musta thrown me off. 

1 hour ago, Nuge said:

How did you arrive at that number?  55.479 per day.

Because 5.5 per day isn’t worth starting a thread. 😛

59 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Because 5.5 per day isn’t worth starting a thread. 😛

That’s 5.5 more than I’m going to do. All year. 

5 hours ago, immamac said:

Started yesterday slow. Only did 5

20245 left to go. 

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The last pushup I did was during the first Nixon administration.

6 hours ago, Nuge said:

How did you arrive at that number?  55.479 per day.

Wrong calendar.

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7 hours ago, immamac said:

Where else would I put it? 

hobbies or other sports 

I’ve done one so far.  That was on New Year’s Day, getting off the top of my wife after sex.  The push-up took longer than the sex.  

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20 hours ago, immamac said:

Started yesterday slow. Only did 5

20245 left to go. 

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35 minutes ago, immamac said:

 

At tailgates next season I'll do them in front of everyone or you can join me. 

 

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I fucked up one of my shoulders a little bit by deliberately ignoring mounting discomfort during a 10,000 burpee/year effort a couple of years ago. 

Listen to your body. 

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16 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I fucked up one of my shoulders a little bit by deliberately ignoring mounting discomfort during a 10,000 burpee/year effort a couple of years ago. 

Listen to your body. 

I'm 35 not an old. I have a bad surgically repaired knee and don't plan on doing weird shit, being able to do 100 push ups in a row after working towards it for 6-8 months shouldn't be that crazy. 

Going from 10-25 will be fun. Going from 25-30-35-40-45-50 will likely take 3 months or more by itself. 

Then 50-60-70-80-90-100 will take another 3-4.

Being able to drop down and do 100 pushups is a pretty fun party trick. I could do it from age 15-22 because I did it most days. Now I'm just married, fat and mentally exhausted. I need more good physical fitness routine in my day. 

3 hours ago, immamac said:

Doubled to 10.

20235 left. 

Easing into it so I can knock out 50 at a time. Then I'll go push to get to 100 at a time. 

At tailgates next season I'll do them in front of everyone or you can join me. 

I know I kinda snarked about it upthread, but I admire anybody trying to get in better shape.

That said, 100 pushups at a time without getting VA benefits? I mean, sure, do it once to prove you can, but your non-18-year-old joints might prefer 4 sets of 25 or somesuch. [I never completed or started training in physical therapy.]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

I'm 35 not an old. I have a bad surgically repaired knee and don't plan on doing weird shit, being able to do 100 push ups in a row after working towards it for 6-8 months shouldn't be that crazy. 

Going from 10-25 will be fun. Going from 25-30-35-40-45-50 will likely take 3 months or more by itself. 

Then 50-60-70-80-90-100 will take another 3-4.

Being able to drop down and do 100 pushups is a pretty fun party trick. I could do it from age 15-22 because I did it most days. Now I'm just married, fat and mentally exhausted. I need more good physical fitness routine in my day. 

Fuck yeah for doing it. Just be sure and do some pull-ups, rows etc. to prevent the muscular imbalance that will develop if you do pushups and nothing else. Your shoulders will thank you.

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2 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

RIP your shoulders.  

Rotator cuff surgeon like

 

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59 minutes ago, destroya said:

Fuck yeah for doing it. Just be sure and do some pull-ups, rows etc. to prevent the muscular imbalance that will develop if you do pushups and nothing else. Your shoulders will thank you.

Co-signed.  Don’t just do pushups.  I’m rooting for you(anyone improving their fitness) but balance is critical.  Taking up 30 min of cardio a day would also significantly reduce the risk of joint damage by decreasing weight.

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

Being able to drop down and do 100 pushups is a pretty fun party trick

sounds like a really cool party!

4 hours ago, immamac said:

I'm 35 not an old. I have a bad surgically repaired knee and don't plan on doing weird shit, being able to do 100 push ups in a row after working towards it for 6-8 months shouldn't be that crazy. 

Going from 10-25 will be fun. Going from 25-30-35-40-45-50 will likely take 3 months or more by itself. 

Then 50-60-70-80-90-100 will take another 3-4.

Being able to drop down and do 100 pushups is a pretty fun party trick. I could do it from age 15-22 because I did it most days. Now I'm just married, fat and mentally exhausted. I need more good physical fitness routine in my day. 

 

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20 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Then why is this in Lulz? 

 

20 hours ago, immamac said:

Where else would I put it? 

If there was video it'd definitely belong here

Too early to declare this the Lamest Thread of 2025, or should we wait and see which of the 1,019 lame threads Gil starts? 

On 1/2/2025 at 8:56 AM, immamac said:

Started yesterday slow. Only did 5

20245 left to go. 

that's how many calories I'm gonna eat this weekend

5 hours ago, immamac said:

I'm 35 not an old. I have a bad surgically repaired knee and don't plan on doing weird shit, being able to do 100 push ups in a row after working towards it for 6-8 months shouldn't be that crazy. 

Going from 10-25 will be fun. Going from 25-30-35-40-45-50 will likely take 3 months or more by itself. 

Then 50-60-70-80-90-100 will take another 3-4.

Being able to drop down and do 100 pushups is a pretty fun party trick. I could do it from age 15-22 because I did it most days. Now I'm just married, fat and mentally exhausted. I need more good physical fitness routine in my day. 

You'll get way more out of it physically by being able to do 25-50 good ones for 2,3, 4 sets a day rather than doing 100 at a time where half of them are garbage just to say you did 100 at a time. 

On 1/2/2025 at 2:30 PM, Lhorn said:

Because 5.5 per day isn’t worth starting a thread. 😛

Way more than most people will do. 

I set a goal in 2010 to run 1000 miles. I made it like on Dec 27 or so, but I pushed through some nagging injuries along the way and honestly my knees never fully recovered. Moral of the story is listen to your body and don’t be a slave to the goal. 
 

At one time for me, 50-60 pushups a day wasn’t a huge deal.  I would probably struggle with it now day after day. 

13 hours ago, immamac said:

I'm 35 not an old. I have a bad surgically repaired knee and don't plan on doing weird shit, being able to do 100 push ups in a row after working towards it for 6-8 months shouldn't be that crazy. 

Going from 10-25 will be fun. Going from 25-30-35-40-45-50 will likely take 3 months or more by itself. 

Then 50-60-70-80-90-100 will take another 3-4.

Being able to drop down and do 100 pushups is a pretty fun party trick. I could do it from age 15-22 because I did it most days. Now I'm just married, fat and mentally exhausted. I need more good physical fitness routine in my day. 

Based on the pictures you were probably also 50-100 lbs lighter. Who manages the wreath fund when you give yourself a heart attack?

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1 minute ago, UT_OB1 said:

Based on the pictures you were probably also 50-100 lbs lighter. Who manages the wreath fund when you give yourself a heart attack?

Maybe 45 tops, I plan on not carrying that much around the whole year has nothing to do with this though. 

On 1/2/2025 at 5:18 PM, Armybrat said:

The last pushup I did was during the first Nixon administration.

Me? I did 50 cartwheels when he resigned. 

I'm looking forward to when this thread crosses the streams with the shart thread.

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On 1/2/2025 at 6:00 PM, TrashMaster G said:

I'm inspired.

I'll do 2025.

I'll do 20, 25. But I reserve the right to do like immamac and put a zero, at the end.

The rest of the year, punctuation upkeep will be my priority. 

14 hours ago, immamac said:

 Now I'm just married, fat and mentally exhausted.  

Are you not seeing the correlation?

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