So I did the 100 pushup challenge and I must say I didn’t like it. I know now why my nephew stopped doing it too- it’s hard. The three times a week required was way too much for me. At one point I even switched to an easier level in the table. The number of reps required caused me to feel sore after every workout and fatigued the next day.
Now-a-days, I believe that whatever I did today I should be able to do tomorrow and have done yesterday. I didn’t feel fully recovered at each workout and it hindered all my other exercises. Maybe if I did only pushups it would have been different, but for all my troubles I only increased twenty pushups.
So that’s a total of 55 pushups. I wasn’t happy with that number, especially when I know I can get there without all the fatigue and soreness, my way.
What’s my way? I like to perform high sets of low reps. Things like 10 sets of 10, or pyramids, or 20 sets of 5 with little rest between the sets and even static holds. All of these options work better for me and I can do them everyday if I wanted to, so that’s what I’ll stick to. It’s what works for me and plenty of others too. Just ask the military.
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