[TSFC] - 5,000 Push-ups

[Dason]

Hey everybody,

I miss participating in some sort of fitness thread so I started a new Talk Stats Fitness Club thread. Running isn't really working for me right now but I just started the one hundred push ups (http://hundredpushups.com/index.html) program. It looks like I'll put in around 2,500 push ups by the end of the end of the six week program. I figured if somebody else did the program we could easily make 5,000. If nobody else joins I'll probably just keep on doing push ups on a regular basis and it would take me about 9-10 weeks total to read the goal. Feel free to join.

I have two days worth of push ups to add to the total -

0 + 109 = 109
PT: 109

[bryangoodrich]

I'm in! I used to do a similar program of my own. I would do 20 push ups, rest, say, 45 seconds and do another set. I would start with 5 the first day, once I could do all 5 sets, I'll do 6 the next day, etc. Once I reach 8 or 9 sets, I drop back down to 5 sets of 25. I continue in this fashion up to about 45-60 a set. Then I drop back down to 5 sets of 20, but with 30 second recoveries, and continue. The goal is to eventually get the recovery periods down to nothing. I might start with 1 minute recoveries and proceed the same way.

[spunky]

i'm surprised (in a good way) by how much people in this forum seem to be into working out and fitness-related stuff... i guess i always had the mental fixation that people in math/stats kinda looked mostly like terence tao or andrew wiles... (or me, for that matter)

[spunky]

i don't look anything , remotely, at all, like those guys.

well, i dont quite look as terence tao or andrew wiles either... buuut, as my real analysis prof used to say, "anyone can get a BSc. in math... but very few people can create new mathematics themselves..." and i do have to say a guilty pleasure of mine has always beent his ecto-meso-endomorph constitutional psychology/somatotyping kind of thing... because, at least in my personal experience, those guys and girls who i id'd right from the beginning as being considerably brighter in grasping more abstract mathematical ideas definitely looked a little bit more along the lines of what a traditional ectomorph or endomorph look like... which i find fascinating because, once you get hooked on math (or stats in this case) it's very easy to forget about everything else and just be fully consumed by your research (or at least that happens to me... to the point that i spend sleepless hours reading through difficult material or coding bizarre simulations in R...)

[bryangoodrich]

Here we go!

109 + 104 = 213 push ups

PT: 104



well, i dont quite look as terence tao or andrew wiles either... buuut, as my real analysis prof used to say, "anyone can get a BSc. in math... but very few people can create new mathematics themselves..." and i do have to say a guilty pleasure of mine has always beent his ecto-meso-endomorph constitutional psychology/somatotyping kind of thing... because, at least in my personal experience, those guys and girls who i id'd right from the beginning as being considerably brighter in grasping more abstract mathematical ideas definitely looked a little bit more along the lines of what a traditional ectomorph or endomorph look like... which i find fascinating because, once you get hooked on math (or stats in this case) it's very easy to forget about everything else and just be fully consumed by your research (or at least that happens to me... to the point that i spend sleepless hours reading through difficult material or coding bizarre simulations in R...)

I'm definitely an endomorph. I'm built like a linebacker, though. (Unfortunately, I wasn't into cardio in high school so I only played offensive line and defensive center). On a bad day, I could pass for a computer nerd, though. Especially if you find me in my underwear fixing my computer on the floor of my bedroom haha

[spunky]

I'm definitely an endomorph. I'm built like a linebacker, though. (Unfortunately, I wasn't into cardio in high school so I only played offensive line and defensive center). On a bad day, I could pass for a computer nerd, though. Especially if you find me in my underwear fixing my computer on the floor of my bedroom haha

i'm very much stereotypical ectomorph, longish, lankish.... extreeeeeemly bad at anything sports-related (or anything that requires the use of my body outside of my right hand and my brain)... and i do pass for a computer nerd most of the time, although i guess i've always had an emo/goth side that ranks me more on the "unusual" category...

[Dason]

213 + 64 = 277

pt: 109 + 64 = 173

[bryangoodrich]

I'm in worse shape than I thought. I'm contemplating continuing my routine at not even completing 4 sets of 20 or starting my routine at 5+ sets of 15 and building up from there. In any case,

277 + 109 = 386 push ups

PT: 104 + 109 = 213

[bryangoodrich]

Yeah, today I dropped back to sets of 15, which is good. I was feeling it on set 5, but knew I could tough it out. Then set 6 I was able to get 13 done, I bet I'll have all 6 tomorrow! I hate it, but I have to work at the level I'm at, which is quite deconditioned from where I used to be :(

386 + 125 = 511

PT: 213 + 125 = 338

[bryangoodrich]

511 + 130 = 641

pt: 338 + 130 = 468

[Dason]

641 + 63 = 704

pt: 173 + 63 = 236

[bryangoodrich]

Ouch. I just couldn't get the last 2 of my 7th set of 15. Maybe tomorrow! I did 30 earlier at work.

704 + 133 = 837

PT: 468 + 133 = 601

[Dason]

837 + 71 = 908

pt: 307

[bryangoodrich]

Well I was too tired to do my routine yesterday, but I still did 30. I just did 86 at work (did them much more slowly ... it was much more painful! lol). I"ll combine the two figures, and may still do more tonight.

908 + 116 = 1024

PT: 601 + 116 = 717

[bryangoodrich]

Yeah. Decided to do more before bed. I can feel the fatigue. I couldn't even do five full sets!

1024 + 73 = 1097

PT: 717 + 73 = 790

[Dason]

1097 + 100 = 1197

pt: 307 + 100 = 407

[bryangoodrich]

I am definitely feeling the fatigue these days, but I'm still able to grunt out the sets. I felt like I wouldn't even be able to do 4x15 and I ended up doing all 6! I also put together my roommate's pull up stand, since I felt I was becoming imbalanced. Just doing some between rounds of Call of Duty and my forearms are killing me tonight! I did a set to exhaustion (25) after I rested from my 6x15 (1 min recoveries) and 10 on the 7th set.

1197 + 125 = 1322

PT: 790 + 125 = 915

[bryangoodrich]

Rawr! I decided to be a beast tonight! Also did some diamond ("close grip") push ups. It really put a strain on my shoulders, though. Don't know if that was in a good way! lol

1322 + 150 = 1472

PT: 915 + 150 = 1065

[bryangoodrich]

1472 + 103 = 1575

pt: 1065 + 103 = 1168

[Dason]

Needless to say I never really finished my plan! I've been doing some pushups along with my running routine that I've been doing lately so maybe I'll start keeping track of them here again.

[bryangoodrich]

I've just been hitting the weights since I have a 24 Hour membership. I need to focus more on cardio, though. When I last trained for a marathon, I was only doing weight training 3 times a week and a little here and there at home. What really helped was the biking everywhere, swimming, cardio kickboxing nearly 5 times a week and yoga sometimes. Oh, and the running of course! Still, push ups are a good way to just keep active. I should probably start including them, whether I'm at the gym (in between sets) or staying home (on a lazy day).

[Dason]

1575 + 56 = 1631

pt: 407 + 56 = 463

[Dason]

So this seemed to die a while ago. But yesterday I decided on a plan that goes along perfectly with my need to procrastinate. Anytime I want to visit Talkstats, Stackoverflow, or the xkcd forums I need to do 15 pushups before I actually go there.

1631 + 45 = 1676
PT: 463 + 45 = 508