Got in a bet for doing 100 push ups under 2mins. Help me accomplish this.

[hypeMarked]

So got into a discussion with a co-worker about push up and he's betting that I can't do 100 push-ups under 2 mins. I can't now, but I said I would be able to in 2 months. So I have till March 26th.

Currently, I can do 50 pushups in ~50 seconds, but the last 5 are very hard. Please help me, thanks a lot.

 

[Sid59]

http://hundredpushups.com/ ?

 

[hypeMarked]

hahaha...stupid me....Thanks...it got all that I need.

 

[Pantlegz]

One push up every 1.2 seconds consistently over 2 min seems a bit rough if you ask me.

try to Google "grease the groove" it might help too

 

[Baked]

I don't think it has to do with your muscles and more to do with your body weight distribution and ratio. I have a very lean frame and when I pack on muscles, it's very obvious. Because my frame is so light, it's easy for me to do sit-ups, pull-ups, and push-ups.

 

[beguile]

It's alot easier to go up and down if you spread your arms wider apart but some wouldn't consider it a proper push up. I explained that to a friend and I told him I could do 100 wide push ups easy and he didn't believe me till I did it on the spot.

 

[Baked]

The wider you have your arms out, the more muscle groups you utilize, thus the easier it's to do. The closer you have your hands, the few muscle groups you utilize, thus the harder it's to do. Try doing a hundred push-ups with your hands together forming a diamond. Tell me how many you can do before you fall over.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

tricep work might be a good idea. I've found thagt for me atleast my triceps fail before anything on pushups

 

[ibex333]

Please, DO correct me if I am wrong guys, but I think 100 pushups under 2 min is STUPID in any way, form, shape or context. It's just a stupid idea overall. If you need to do so many pushups under 2 min, you'll be doing them crazy fast like a maniac - therefore, these are NOT pushups in my book. These are half-assed movements, where you use momentum to go up, and you are not going all the way up and all the way down. I'd take my 50 slow pushups with good form over 100 pushups that someone else does fast.

If however anyone here can do 100 pushups in 2 min or less with good form, going all the way up and down, I take my hat off to you sir. You are a fitness god, and I dream to be like you someday.

 

[tedrodai]

... I think 100 pushups under 2 min is STUPID in any way, form, shape or context. It's just a stupid idea overall.

If however anyone here can do 100 pushups in 2 min or less with good form, going all the way up and down, I take my hat off to you sir. You are a fitness god, and I dream to be like you someday.

... well which is it? lol

I'm with ya in that if form suffers, it's not much of an accomplishment. So do it with proper form!

 

[ZOOYUKA]

What do you get if you succeed?

 

[Davidpaul007]

Uhm, 100 pushups in 2 minutes is not that hard at all. I've been timed numerous times hitting 70+ in 1 minute. And no, I'm definitely not a fitness god.

 

[Pantlegz]

You know going from 70 to 100 in a 43% increase in work. It may not sound like much but I can bench 345 3 times but increase the reps or weight by 43% and it becomes 490lbs or 4.29 reps obviously 4 reps would be considerably easier than adding over 100lbs but I'm just proving a point. Similar to going from a 5 rep max to 7 and acting like it's nothing.

Or to put it into context of pushups that like saying I can do 50 pushups in a min, 71 is not hard at all...

 

[DrPizza]

Uhm, 100 pushups in 2 minutes is not that hard at all. I've been timed numerous times hitting 70+ in 1 minute. And no, I'm definitely not a fitness god.

When I was on the university's tae kwon do team, we did crazy amounts of pushups (always on our knuckles.) I wouldn't think that 100 in 2 minutes is really that far out of the question, though there's no way in the world I'd be able to come close to that in present shape.

 

[blackdogdeek]

that 100pushups program sounds like it will get you to a point where you can complete 100 pushups without dropping out of the plank formation but over an extended period of time (ie - you can rest in the starting position to regain strength). since you are being timed i think it might be better if you did weighted pushups during the program.

 

[hypeMarked]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. The bet was more in good health. He is supposed to lose 25 lbs and I have to do 100 push ups in 2 mins.

I'm talking about good form push up. Like I said, I can do 50 good form push up in roughly 50 secs. I just need a way to train to be able to push for the next 50. I'm trying to follow the 100 push up program mentioned by Sid59.

Is there any other way to increase my chance?

 

[exdeath]

Good form push ups are using push up stands and going nice and deep and holding for 2 seconds before coming up. That's if you want an actual workout and aren't just flapping up and down with momentum and going for quantity which is meaningless IMO.

 

[tedrodai]

Looking back over it, I didn't mean to imply you didn't plan on good form...I was just ragging ibex in good humor

GL with the accomplishment anywho.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Good form push ups are using push up stands and going nice and deep and holding for 2 seconds before coming up. That's if you want an actual workout and aren't just flapping up and down with momentum and going for quantity which is meaningless IMO.

Holding for two seconds is silly and doesn't make it any more of a pushup than a well-controlled up and down. The holding for two seconds completely nullifies the passive tension built up in elastic structures during the eccentric phase, which makes the movement more efficient naturally.

 

[exdeath]

Holding for two seconds is silly and doesn't make it any more of a pushup than a well-controlled up and down. The holding for two seconds completely nullifies the passive tension built up in elastic structures during the eccentric phase, which makes the movement more efficient naturally.

Right, my bad. I should have said taking two seconds going down. Two seconds down two seconds up = 4 second pushups and 5x slower than required for this speed goal.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Right, my bad. I should have said taking two seconds going down. Two seconds down two seconds up = 4 second pushups and 5x slower than required for this speed goal.

Got it. Yeah, that can be useful, especially for people who tend to take things too fast. Works on eccentric control. Not a bad idea to mix in with regular push-ups.

 

[exdeath]

Got it. Yeah, that can be useful, especially for people who tend to take things too fast. Works on eccentric control. Not a bad idea to mix in with regular push-ups.

100 pushups in 2 minutes is more of an interval cardio workout than a strength building exercise.

 

[billbobaggins87]

100 pushups in 2 minutes is more of an interval cardio workout than a strength building exercise.

that depends on your condition. if doing push ups is heavier on your cardio than your chest and arms... well then you don't need to worry about 100 push ups.. you need to worry about your weight and your cardiovascular system.


If it were me. and i needed to lose weight and become stronger i would be doing it all.. no use on just focusing on just pushups. do this to make your body better.
http://www.wannabebig.com/cat/training/

just like anything else in the world.. Read understand what your doing, how it works, and if its right for you. then make a plan

 

[Nebor]

That's going to be tough, I think. If you're doing proper pushups (up position: elbows locked out, arms fully extended, down position: upper arms parallel to the ground) you're going to have a hard time with it. You're like going to exhaust yourself in the first minute and spend the next minute struggling to eek out a couple pushups every 10 seconds. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it'll take a lot of work. Fortunately you can practice pushups several times a day, wherever you are and whatever you're wearing.

 

[exdeath]

that depends on your condition. if doing push ups is heavier on your cardio than your chest and arms... well then you don't need to worry about 100 push ups.. you need to worry about your weight and your cardiovascular system.


If it were me. and i needed to lose weight and become stronger i would be doing it all.. no use on just focusing on just pushups. do this to make your body better.
http://www.wannabebig.com/cat/training/

just like anything else in the world.. Read understand what your doing, how it works, and if its right for you. then make a plan

I don't care how light and fit you are, 100 pushups in 2 mins is going to have you huffing and puffing just from the sudden burst of extreme activity in such a short time, regardless of strength Hence it's more a cardio exercise where the usual goal of push ups is strength building.