1,000 Pull-ups In 1 Day For Charity

[ennovy]

In an effort to fund-raise $1,000 in a day for Nationwide Children's Hospital, I pledged I would do 1,000 pull-ups. The pull-ups were broken into 3 sessions of approx. 330 pullups. I also tallied over 500 pushups throughout the day in an effort to balance out all of the pulling movements. The strategy was to do 200 sets of 5, with 45 seconds to 1 min. rest.

Why I did it? My son was born at 25 weeks and spent 109 day in the a Nationwide Children's Hospital NICU. Now that he is a healthy and happy 3 year old, I wanted to give back to the people that gave me so much.

As proof, I recorded it all in high speed.

UPDATE: After a couple of questions I thought I would add some more context. This fundraiser was actually part of a larger one that is run through the Nationwide Children's Hospital Marathon. My main driver for fundraising was running the half marathon and this was a fun way to hit my goal. I originally started running this race while my son was in the NICU 4 years ago. I was going through alot and needed an outlet. Never running more than a 5k before I trained for the full marathon in 9'ish weeks (it was probably the hardest thing I've ever done). Ever since then I have ran the Half in his honor.

For more info on this story, check out his fundraiser page (this is not a plug to try to get you to donate): https://give.nationwidechildrens.org/site/TR/Events/General?px=1476463&pg=personal&fr_id=1420

 

[godsguidinglight]

@ennovy Good on you mate i couldnt do 1000. 10 maybe

 

[ennovy]

@godsguidinglight Mind over Matter brotha! I'm sure you would surprise yourself if you were doing it with the right motivation.

 

[dawn16]

@ennovy 1000 reps of any exercise any intensity would kill me lol

 

[ennovy]

@dawn16 ahah I was SOOO sore the next 2 days

 

[serventofyeshua]

@ennovy Only 2 days?? If I do 4x10 on pull-ups I’m sore for like 2-3 days. Mad respect, you’re a beast!

 

[flocy1]

@serventofyeshua If I do 4x10 pull-ups I'll be fucking happy

 

[dawn16]

@flocy1 Ill be happy too, I am close but I dont get sore even if I go to failure

 

[serventofyeshua]

@flocy1 You’ll get there!! Keep working on it and don’t neglect dead hangs and hanging scapula squeezes

 

[dawn16]

@flocy1 If i was able to do just one i would cri

 

[dawn16]

@serventofyeshua One time I did a ton of squats in a day and was sore for a week. My legs were stiff and my piss was red (not blood, apparently). Would not care to repeat.

 

[releaf]

@ennovy I was going to make a joke that you should next do like, bodyweight squats for Rhabdo but maybe I shouldn't.

 

[ennovy]

@releaf ahah I can appreciate that.

 

[omnitude]

@dawn16 I mean i can probably do 1000 bicep curls with 0kg.

 

[dawn16]

@omnitude Ron Burgandy has entered the chat

 

[ennovy]

@omnitude Even that would make you a little sore I'm sure lol

 

[omnitude]

@ennovy Oh yeah, totally, but i would die before 100 pull-ups

 

[whyme7979]

@ennovy My old gym once welcomed me at the door with a charity challenge they were running where I could keep track of how many pushups I did during my workout and they’d be donating some sort of multiplier. I ended up in the 275 range and was feeling really good about my contribution until I saw some of the other sheets on the stack with numbers closer to 1000

Nowadays I’d be lucky to do 100 in a day if my life depended on it. I need to get back in shape.

 

[ennovy]

@whyme7979 Today is a good day to start! The beauty of pullups and pushups is that you don't need a gym!

 

[sirjude]

@whyme7979 Same . I used to do 200+ push-ups daily as a warmup for chest day . Now I max out at 15 pushups in a set and 60+ makes me sore