Day 174 (so far)

I have done 251 regular push ups so far.
Totally I have now done 1504 regular push ups in December.
Below are some things that took place in the year 1504 (from wikipedia).

* Moldavia: Stephen III the Great fights against Turkey and Poland.
* Baber besieges and captures Kabul.
* Ferdinand II of Aragon becomes King of Naples as Ferdinand III.
* Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from his fourth voyage, where he and his younger son, Ferdinand, explored the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.
* Aldo Manuzio publishes Demosthenes.
* Matthias Grünewald paints Crucifixion.
* Juan de la Cosa makes a voyage to South America.
* A Funj leader, Amara Dunqas, founds the Sultanate of Sennar (History of Sudan).
* In Florence, Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli become involved in a scheme to divert the Arno River, cutting the water supply to Pisa to force its surrender: Colombino, the project foreman, fails to follow da Vinci’s design, and the project is a major failure.
* The Signoria of Florence commissions both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo Vecchio.
* Raphael paints The Marriage of the Virgin, which exemplifies some major principles of High Renaissance art.
* Venetian ambassadors suggest to Turkey the construction of a Suez Canal.

Day 173

Day 173:

31 regular push ups.

Day 172

Day 172:

31 regular push ups.

Day 171 - one Maltese push up.

Day 171:

31 regular push ups. One Maltese push up.
Currently at 1201 regular push ups for december.

Day 170 - 11 diamond in a row

Day 170:

71 regular push ups. 11 diamond push ups in a row (new personal best).

Day 170 - 11 diamond push ups

Day 170:

71 regular push ups. 11 diamond push ups in a row - new PB.

Day 169 (one Maltese push up)

Day 169:

203 regular push ups.
I did one maltese push ups that was in good form. Pretty straining - but I will continue to do them.

Day 168

Day 168:

103 regular push ups.

Day 167 so far (diamond push ups)

I have done 30 regular push ups so far.
I also have done 19 (10+9) diamond push ups - I will consider getting some gloves since my hands were slipping.
10 diamond push ups in a row is currently my personal best.

Why the name Maltese push ups

I have not been able to find out why "Maltese push ups" are called just that.
Anyone who knows?

Day 166 - final result

Day 166:

I did a total of 102 regular push ups yesterday.

Day 166

Day 166:

32 regular push ups so far.
I did 95 regular push ups yesterday (day 165).

Day 165 - over 14000 regular push ups

Day 165 (so far):

55 regular push ups. I have now a total of 14006 regular push ups since day 1 (4th of July).

Maltese push ups - definition

The Maltese push up is also known as pseudo-planche. There probably more names - do you know of any?

The definition for Maltese push ups are the following (from wikipedia):

Maltese push-ups" are a gymnastic variation of the press-up, in which the hands are positioned closer to the hips (as opposed to the pectorals), but with an extremely great distance between them.

Day 164

Day 164:

82 regular push ups. I have broken the curse of 31!

Day 160 -163

Day 160 - 163 (163 is today):

31 regular push ups each day.

Day 159

Day 159:

31 regular push ups.
I still have the flu. Looks like the result for December is going to be pretty low.

Day 158

Day 158:

32 regular push ups.

Day 157

Day 157:

32 regular push ups ( still sick )

Day 155 and 156

Day 155:

32 regular push ups.

Day 156:

20 regular push ups


I have a cold so I do not push it..(haha)

Day 153 and 154

Day 153 and 154:

31 regular push ups each day.
I have taking it kind of easy a few days now.

Day 152

Day 152:

31 regular push ups

Day 151

Day 151:

31 regular push ups.

(Unrelated: I have been thinking of getting a door gym to complement my training more easily)

November results

In november I did a total of 2101 regular push ups.
The most I did in a day was 506 ( new record) and the minimum was 30. I had an average of 70 regular push ups a day.

Day 147

Day 147:

90 regular push ups - I have now done 2003 so far in November.
10 diamond push ups ( in a row) - new personal record.

Day 146 so far

61 regular push ups and 11 (3+8) diamond push ups.

Day 145

Day 145:

65 regular push ups
5 diamond push ups

Day 144

Day 144:

63 regular push ups
7 diamond push ups

Day 144 so far

I have done 58 regular and 7 diamond push ups so far.

Full Planche push ups by JIsaiahE.
Impressive!

Day 143 - nothing special

Day 143:

I did 34 regular push ups.

Day 142 - over 13000

Day 142:

I did 31 regular push ups.
I have done more than 13000 regular push ups (13054) since 4th of July.
So far in November I have done 1680 - will try do get over 2000.

Day 140 and 141

Day 140 and 141:

I did 31 regular push ups each day.

Day 140 and 141

Day 140 and 141:

I did 31 regular push ups each day.

Getting close to 13000 regular push ups

I am getting close to having done 13000 (12951) regular push ups since 4th of July.
I have been at it for 139 days.
Next goal may be getting the average (a day) to 100.

Day 139 - A new personal best

Day 139:

I did 506 regular push ups. 120 of those I did outside in the snow.
My previous personal best was 411 regular push ups in a day - but I beat that with 506.

I think the world record for 24 hours is around 46300 - just as a comparison.

November-regular push ups so far

In november I have done 1071 regular push ups so far.
In october I did 2534 I will try to beat that.
My monthly record is 3540 ( regular) in August.

Day 138 so far

So far I have done 31 regular push ups to day ( day 138 in my push-up project).
Will try do to some more to ensure that my monthly average is above 2000.

Day 133 - 137

Day 133 - 137:

I did 31 regular push ups each day.

Day 132

Day 132:

Yet another 30 regular day. I did 3 hind push ups as well.

Day 131

Day 131:

I did 101 regular push ups and 14 hindu.

Static push up with handles

I did a static push up with handle bar. My chin was 9 cm above the floor.
I did do the push up about 10cm broader than usual.
I was able to do 45 seconds.

Day 131 so far and statistics

Today I have so far done: 4 Hindu and 31 regular ( one above minimum).

If anyone wonders - I am using docs.google.com for statistics and charts/pictures.
I also compete against my brother and checks his results that way.

Day 130

I have done 30 push ups (regular) so far.
Will do somemore later.

Update: No 30 - no more no less.

Day 129

Day 129

An easy day again. I did 30 regular push ups and tried 3 hindu push ups.

Static push ups

I am thinking of adding static push ups my routine.
I found this from sethigherstandards.com (instructions how to do static pushups ):

The technique is this: after stretching a bit, place your arms slightly wider than shoulder width apart, and lower yourself only 3 inches. Hold this pose. Do not go too far down. Your arms should be almost (but not at) their point of complete lock-out.

Day 128 regular push ups

Day 128:

An easy day. I did 30 and was satisfied.

Doing push ups everyday - pros and cons

I have done push ups every day for 127 days now.
I have a lower limit of 30 a day.
I do it partly to improve my muscle mass, stamina and also endurance.
But I also do it to keep a mental discipline.
I cannot do 200 push ups every day without getting sore so therefor I let my body rest some days doing only 30.

Day 127 regular pushups

Day 127:

I did 222 regular push ups. 100 of those were done outside.
Previous record for November was 221 therefor I did 222.

Day 126 - regular push ups

Day 126:
I did 101 regular push ups.

Day 125

Day 125 (5th nov):

I did 221 regular push ups today. Mainly 10 at a time.

100 push ups in 100 seconds

This is a 100 in 100 Challenge. The idea is to capture yourself on video doing 100 push-ups within 100 seconds. There isn’t any real prize except the reward of knowing that you were able to accomplish a pretty difficult feat. I will gladly make a list of all the people who decided to accept this challenge, achieved it, and provided a link to a video on YouTube or some other Internet video service.

From:

http://www.parttimepersonaltrainer.com/2008/09/05/100-push-ups-in-100-seconds-challenge/

I will not accept this challenge at this time . maybe next time around.
Currently I am able to do 100 push ups in 8 minutes - I think I could push it to 6-7 minutes.

November so far

I have done 30 push ups a day three days in a row now.
I have been feeling of tired and preconditioned to catch a cold so therefor I have been taking it easy.

Regular push ups October 2008

Regular push ups September 08

My total regular push ups for September: 2701

Regular push ups August 08

As seen above I managed to do over 400 hundred regular push ups in a day in August.
There is 4 peaks over 200 and some days when I did around 20.

Push ups during July 2008

I started to do push ups in July 2008.
First I only did regular push ups but later I also started to do wide and "the frog".

Regular push ups in July:

I was pretty satisified with the shape of the curve slowly but steadily improving.











Wide push ups in July:

I started in the middle of the month and did not do them every day.


















The frog in July:

I started doing them at the end of the month

First post

This blog is dedicated to push ups.
I am trying to improve myself and to keep training as long as possible.
I am not in it for "bodybuilding aspect" but for general health and stamina/endurance and a good posture.