MarathonTalk push up challenge

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Hackett Feb 2011 12:39pm, 10 Feb 2011 509 posts	0 Hackett 3 x 71 last night was toughee .... rest today as I am nailing a 10 miler.
Zorba Feb 2011 7:12pm, 13 Feb 2011 465 posts	0 Zorba 3 x 40 today
Pestomum Feb 2011 10:47pm, 23 Feb 2011 7,664 posts	0 Pestomum Am in. Training for Tough Guy next year
pielips Feb 2011 1:22pm, 24 Feb 2011 20 posts	0 pielips 3x22 today, been away for a while with work. Now its time to get back to training before going away next week.
Zorba Feb 2011 8:28pm, 24 Feb 2011 467 posts	0 Zorba Failed at 3 x 45 ,will try again soon
pielips Feb 2011 2:11pm, 25 Feb 2011 21 posts	0 pielips 3x23 today, starting to hurt now
longboat Feb 2011 8:11pm, 28 Feb 2011 1,767 posts	0 longboat Impressed at all those still with it! Have not done any properly since 3 x 33 (34 on the last set to round off the 100) that was clearly my limit! May try again post VLM I hear the marathon talk guys are wobbling big time on this now (well, Tom is anyway)
Dogtanian Mar 2011 7:44pm, 2 Mar 2011 506 posts	0 Dogtanian Yes, very impressive. I got spanked around 3x20 and lost my enthusiasm.
steeplechaser Mar 2011 8:50am, 8 Mar 2011 31 posts	0 steeplechaser Back in with 3 X 20 today. I can't believe its a whole month since I failed at 23 x 3. Just goes to show what failure does for motivation. I think I'll stick at 3 x 20 for a few days to get back into it before increasing. What about the rest of you, I can't do it on my own. Come on Dogtanian, Pielips (I always thought that said Phelps until I had to type it!), Zorba & Pestomum.
Liliaicha Apr 2011 6:44pm, 2 Apr 2011 3,480 posts	0 Liliaicha Have started this again. Anyone else still doing this? I was up to 3 x 21 in January. Today I 3 x 5, can't believe how quickly strength disappears!

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Start on day 1 with 3 x 1 press up. On day 2 move to 3 x 2 and keep increasing by one every day. If you fail to do the target for the day then you try the same number the next day, only increasing when you have done the session properly. The Marathon talk challenge is to get to 3 x 100 push ups.

There are no real rules except all three sets must be done in the same session though. No going to wash your hair/walk the dog in-between sets:-).

Log your progress here: spreadsheets.google.com

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