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Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:57 am
by jondead
SPACERITUAL wrote:Pathetic earth exercise is beneath me.....
...what is this word "exercise"

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:58 am
by jondead
:lol: you guys are funny

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:00 am
by jondead
push ups....."THIS GUY" amiright

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:01 am
by nieh
Start: 10 Current: 0

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:54 pm
by jfrey
So is anyone else keeping it up?

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:01 pm
by Scruffie
Yup, up to 25 today... might take tommorow off though... I hurtz.

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:36 pm
by theactionindex
Just noticed this thread. I'll get off my skinny/lazy ass tomorrow and start it.

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:00 am
by jfrey
theactionindex wrote:Just noticed this thread. I'll get off my skinny/lazy ass tomorrow and start it.

:thumb:

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:43 pm
by Jero
Start: 15, Current: 30

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:42 pm
by StudioShutIn
Well I don't do push-ups..but I lift weights at the gym/do cardio twice a week...does that count?

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:51 pm
by Scruffie
I just realised i've been doing it wrong... if sets don't matter i'm actually doing about 60 a day at the moment... plus a bunch of other exercise.

I'll just play along in my head and post my final result, about 2 months ago I was doing 300 a Day... damn you Over indulgent christmas *Shakes Fist*

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:08 pm
by jfrey
StudioShutIn wrote:Well I don't do push-ups..but I lift weights at the gym/do cardio twice a week...does that count?

Well it counts as exercise obviously but it isn't the challenge. I picked push-ups for several reasons:

1. Push-ups are probably the most basic and fundamental upper-body exercise.
2. They require no gym membership, equipment, and relatively little time to perform.
3. The relative simplicity of push-ups makes them a good place to start for beginners, and a good thing to keep up for "veterans".
4. Exercises in which you move your body like push-ups, pull-ups, and squats activate more muscle fibers than any kind of weight lifting that doesn't (presses, pull-downs, extensions, etc.).
5. Push-ups more than any other exercise help prevent injuries (A. You use your hands wrists and arms to break falls, arrest motion, and protect your body. B. Push-ups work your core muscles also which benefits overall health and durability, even to areas such as digestion. Etc.)
6. It is also very difficult - if not impossible - to injure yourself doing push-ups as you are using only your body weight.
Etc.

Even if you workout already I recommend adding push-ups into your routine. It will only benefit you. In fact if you do just 50 push-ups every day on top of your normal lifting routine I guarantee you'll see a big different in just a couple months. :thumb:
Scruffie wrote:I just realised i've been doing it wrong... if sets don't matter i'm actually doing about 60 a day at the moment... plus a bunch of other exercise.

I'll just play along in my head and post my final result, about 2 months ago I was doing 300 a Day... damn you Over indulgent christmas *Shakes Fist*

Make 60 your new start point then. If you think you can do it. :thumb:

Re: Exercise Challenge

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:31 pm
by unownunown
StudioShutIn wrote:Well I don't do push-ups..but I lift weights at the gym/do cardio twice a week...does that count?

this pretty much.

not going to do the pushups, but in a few days i'm going to start running 5 times a week (hopefully every day) again. goal is to get up to 30 miles a week in a month or so :idk: