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In this challenge, anyone can contribute their daily pushups to see how long it would take for all of us to do 25,000 pushups as a combined effort.  Our last pushup challenge took 3 months and 9 days to complete 10,000 pushups.

It works like this: we all begin doing pushups, whatever we can do, whenever we can (every day, every other day, 2x a week etc).

as we do them, we log in and record the number by adding it to the number before in this thread.

The total number of pushups grows, we get more active, we get more stronger, we build more attractive looking chest, shoulders, arms and core.

ie: I do 50 pushups and begin the count

Total Pushups: 50

Cookie does 20 pushups in the next thread and adds it to the total

+20 pushups
Total Pushups: 70

Mike does 30 pushups and adds it in the next thread

+30 pushups
Total Pushups: 100

and we keep doing this, doing pushups, logging in to record them and adding to the total.

So, we're going to start – or at least I'm going to start. If anyone wants to join in, we'll get to 25,000 pushups a lot sooner.

I'm going to set some goals

My goal is 550 pushups a week (100 pushups a day 2x a week plus one day that I do 250 pushups). At that rate, it would take me 45 weeks to reach 25,000 pushups.

I think combined, we could do it in 3 months like our last challenge, but we would just need more people.   I plan to continue doing and recording my pushups even while I climb to Mt Everest base camp in Oct.

so, my goal: 550 pushups a week
combined goal: reach 25,000 pushups by Dec 31, 2008

one rule:  the pushups have to be full, regular pushups, not the knee pushups.  Ladies, if you've been doing knee pushups, time to kick up your fitness level a notch and begin doing full pushups. 

Yes, continue to do knee pushups in order to train and get stronger, but only full pushups count.

and so we begin

Did 100 pushups this morning.  50 regular and 50 elevated

70 + 100 = 170

Grand Total: 170

I have comitted to doing 450 pushups a week by doing 100 on one day, 100 on a second day and one day that has 250 pushups.

I did my 250 pushups today in my morning workout

242+250=492

Grand Total: 492

right on Kyle.  Great way to start off.

Did 125 pushups this morning as part of my workout.  I saw a version of the pushup in which you touch one hand to the opposite shoulder in the starting position after finishing a pushup.  I did these while having my my stable hand on a medicine ball.

It goes like this:  get a medicine ball. Put one hand on the ball and one hand on the floor.  The hand that is on the floor is the moving / shoulder touching hand.  THe hand on the ball does not move.

lower your body to the floor, one shoulder will be slightly higher than the other.  After pushing up, engage your core and then use your moving hand up to touch the shoulder of your opposite shoulder.  Then immediatly go down into another pushup. 

A bit advanced and after doing 100 normal pushups, I could only do these in sets of 5.

672 + 125 = 797

105 on tuesday night.

872 +105 = 977

Hello I'm ready to be part of this challenge.

Hi Rob from the time we met I did 200 and will continue to add.

1227 + 200 = 1427

I did 50 Yesterday (wed)  and 106 today

156 + 1477 = 1633 total

over the last week I did 180 pushups.

180 + 1733 = 1913

Total 1913

I did 110 pushups on Wednesday.

110 + 2113 = 2213

total 2213