5,001 press-ups in 2022

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Totriornottotri Dec 2021 10:53pm, 30 Dec 2021 1,902 posts	0 Totriornottotri 13.7 press ups a day? I have never been a big core enthusiast since when I was skin and essence but I want to at least try this year. Thread watched and I’ll try to find the counter.
quimby Dec 2021 11:14pm, 30 Dec 2021 5,189 posts	0 quimby I'll join. But they won't be full press-ups on the floor. I can't manage much range doing those, so my PT advised doing them standing, about 45 degrees, hands on a windowsill. I can get a much better range that way.
Christmas’ Dad Dec 2021 11:30pm, 30 Dec 2021 1,894 posts	0 Christmas’ Dad Your press ups, your rules I’d say quimby If you need to do a variation - standing, on a step, on knees or whatever, that’s fine
Christmas’ Dad Dec 2021 11:32pm, 30 Dec 2021 1,896 posts	0 Christmas’ Dad Not that I’m the keeper of the rules obvs 😁 - just my opinion
Welshpoppy Dec 2021 5:47am, 31 Dec 2021 1,675 posts	0 Welshpoppy Thinking about it.....
Dave W Dec 2021 7:47am, 31 Dec 2021 5,325 posts	0 Dave W I'm in..
Bowman 🇸🇪 Dec 2021 8:01am, 31 Dec 2021 717 posts	0 Bowman 🇸🇪 Besides the link to add pressups below. What’s a good way of add an activity to your own training be able to follow how many over the year and so on, besides just write it down in comments in a cross training, sets and reps and so on?
EvilPixie Dec 2021 8:04am, 31 Dec 2021 29,992 posts	0 EvilPixie quimby I’m going for an alternative version but I’m going to try and do at least 1 proper one and buildup. My upper body strength is horrendous and being Larry I can’t do 1!
Bowman 🇸🇪 Dec 2021 8:57am, 31 Dec 2021 718 posts	0 Bowman 🇸🇪 Anyone seen some actual improvements over a year? 2019 or 2020 I did in access of 10.000 pressups. It did nothing I usually did it during a run once a week or so. Stopped every km and did 20-30 every time. But I can’t say it changed me in any way other than it got a little easier as I went along. But changes in the body, nope.. it thought it would do a lot more. Well it can’t hurt so I thinking of doing it again 2022, maybe :).
Nellers Dec 2021 9:57am, 31 Dec 2021 39,245 posts	0 Nellers A qualified yes, Bowman. I think I have got a bit more pec than I used to, and I've certainly got stronger in terms of ability to bang out sets of press ups at will. I think it might be down to the way we organise our press ups. Doing small numbers (20-30) at a time spread out over the day is going to have more impact than not doing them but grouping them together and doing 100-200 in sets in one hit is going to have more impact (I think). I might be wrong and I haven't really looked at the science of this but I feel like the point is to overload/ fatigue the muscles to force overcompensation and if you're only doing little groups spread through the day you're not really ever going to reach that overload/ fatigue state. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Or does anyone else know of any science to back up one method or the other?