Hello!
As my New Year's resolution last year, I set a goal to do 100 push-ups every day and against my better judgment, I did it!
A typical day looked like this:
10x10, or 5x20, or 25, 30, 20, 15, 10… there was no structure, just get to 100 and then do it again the next day. A horribly unoptimised workout program, but I kept at it and that’s what counts. Perhaps.
Here’s my progression for the year:
Date
Max Push-ups
Bodyweight
As you can see, it isn’t a great workout program. Progression pretty much halted around 40-50 push-ups. My guess is I could benefit from more volume on certain days, and more rest days with lower volume. But I had fun and I don’t think I’d stick with it as well if I didn’t have such a strict routine!
What if I was sick?
I was, plenty times. When feeling ill, I did push-ups on my knees, in sets with lower reps such as 20x5. Consistency > Purity!
Muscle development?
Meh. Some increased definition perhaps, but nothing compared to what you’d see doing any “real” progressive overload training.
Injuries?
Never had them, knock on wood. While my push-up max of 23 wasn’t high at the start, 100 every day was never that much volume I reckon to be an issue. For others, this might not be the case.
Muscle imbalances?
I did other training to keep myself from looking like a gorilla, but feel free to write the “take it from this old gym rat” copypasta in the comment section..
All in all:
Had a lot of fun with this terrible, suboptimal “program” that was surprisingly easy to stick with. I was gonna do 10 a day for the rest of my life to keep a streak, but now I’m thinking of doing 100 a day in 2024 as well because of my newfound push-up addiction.
Wanna join in 2024?
I would love to recruit some of y’all do do push-ups every day! Doesn’t have to be 100, could be say 10 every day just to keep the “PushupStreak” going, in the same way RunStreakers run a mile or more each day.
If there’s interest I’d love to post each Monday to keep you all motivated/reminded, if mods allow it.
Happy new year!
todays workout, Jan 1 2024: 53, 17, 20, 10
As my New Year's resolution last year, I set a goal to do 100 push-ups every day and against my better judgment, I did it!
A typical day looked like this:
10x10, or 5x20, or 25, 30, 20, 15, 10… there was no structure, just get to 100 and then do it again the next day. A horribly unoptimised workout program, but I kept at it and that’s what counts. Perhaps.
Here’s my progression for the year:
| Jan 1 | 23 | 90.1 kg / 199 lbs |
| Feb 1 | 40 | 89.2 kg / 197 lbs |
| Mar 1 | 35 | 89.5 kg / 197 lbs |
| Apr 1 | 45 | 88.2 kg / 194 lbs |
| May 1 | 42 | 88.1 kg / 194 lbs |
| Jun 1 | 35 | 90.4 kg / 199 lbs |
| Jul 1 | 25 | 91.2 kg / 201 lbs |
| Aug 1 | 44 | 89.7 kg / 198 lbs |
| Sep 1 | 52 | 89.4 kg / 197 lbs |
| Oct 1 | 45 | 90 kg / 198 lbs |
| Nov 1 | 42 | 92.6 kg / 204 lbs |
| Dec 1 | 50 | 90.4 kg / 199 lbs |
| Dec 31 | 47 | 88.9 kg / 196 lbs |
Date
Max Push-ups
Bodyweight
As you can see, it isn’t a great workout program. Progression pretty much halted around 40-50 push-ups. My guess is I could benefit from more volume on certain days, and more rest days with lower volume. But I had fun and I don’t think I’d stick with it as well if I didn’t have such a strict routine!
What if I was sick?
I was, plenty times. When feeling ill, I did push-ups on my knees, in sets with lower reps such as 20x5. Consistency > Purity!
Muscle development?
Meh. Some increased definition perhaps, but nothing compared to what you’d see doing any “real” progressive overload training.
Injuries?
Never had them, knock on wood. While my push-up max of 23 wasn’t high at the start, 100 every day was never that much volume I reckon to be an issue. For others, this might not be the case.
Muscle imbalances?
I did other training to keep myself from looking like a gorilla, but feel free to write the “take it from this old gym rat” copypasta in the comment section..
All in all:
Had a lot of fun with this terrible, suboptimal “program” that was surprisingly easy to stick with. I was gonna do 10 a day for the rest of my life to keep a streak, but now I’m thinking of doing 100 a day in 2024 as well because of my newfound push-up addiction.
Wanna join in 2024?
I would love to recruit some of y’all do do push-ups every day! Doesn’t have to be 100, could be say 10 every day just to keep the “PushupStreak” going, in the same way RunStreakers run a mile or more each day.
If there’s interest I’d love to post each Monday to keep you all motivated/reminded, if mods allow it.
Happy new year!
todays workout, Jan 1 2024: 53, 17, 20, 10
