Physical #Fitness – Pushups and Pullups

So I’m sort of unofficially trying the One Hundred Pushups challenge again, but I don’t really like the system that the website promotes.  I want to do a hundred, but that’s not my only fitness goal, so I’m going to modify it.

There’s also an offshoot called twohundredsitups.com, and another that is twohundredsquats.com.  I do like the idea of three major emphases, but the high quantities don’t really do the kind of things that I want my workouts to do.

Thus…

I am shooting for a hundred consecutive pushups, maybe a couple or three months out.  I plan to work hard on pushups, with three workouts per week that involve pushups or a bench press / triceps / chest training emphasis.

Doing 200 squats would be an awesome accomplishment, but I haven’t decided if I’m committed to that one.  Maybe I’ll see how many I can max out with sometime next week.

Situps?  No way.  I hate situps.  My neck hates situps.  My back hates situps.  Maybe hanging leg raises, but I doubt that 200 is an achievable goal.  Maybe 100?

However, I am now the proud owner of a Gold’s Gym Pullup Bar (the door gym part of this set) and I am determined to meet the military minimum for pullups, and hopefully get a good deal beyond that.

While there are a lot of exercises out there in the world, I am convinced that huge increases in strength and ability can be accomplished with just the pullup, the pushup, the squat, and the jumprope.

As I decide more about how I’m going to proceed, I’ll write more.

Current pushup goal is 40 by the end of next week.  (10/10/2009)  Pullup goal is 5.  I cannot even really do 2 right now.  As far as squats, I’m not sure right now.  I’ll try to do a max test on Monday if I have a chance.  (Long day at work anticipated…)

Quick shoutout to twitness.net, a Twitter based method of tracking One Hundred Pushups workouts.

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