Lets All Do The 100 Push Up Challenge

What Is Schwa

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Day 04 - Wed Feb 23
I'm actually feeling really discouraged today. Not going to post much

Set 1 - 10
Set 2 - 12
Set 3 - 9 (oops, shoulda been 8. Oh well)
Set 4 - 9
Set 5 - 18 - Oddly, my abs were the limiting factor here. I assume it is because I am using them to keep my body rigid. Perhaps I should be doing some sit ups as well.

Good luck everyone else!
 
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Crash

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Put on some heavy metal and pumped out Week 3 day 2. Holy crap it hurts to type.

I did the first set (20) and was feeling ok, still a little sore from Mondays work out honestly, but I can manage. Hit a god damn brick wall on the second set, fell at 15 but jumped back up and finished the whole set and died for a bit (25), took maybe a 3 minute break instead of the 60 seconds, I was already rocked at this point and had no idea how I was going to finish them.

Good part of the song came on, got my self pumped up with it, yelled out "SECOND WIND" and pumped out the next set (15) REALLY fast. Took my rest, got into the music again and did the next set, struggled a bit with the last couple (15 again.)

Then I had to do my last set (at least 25) and I was already noodly. Took another couple minute rest, got myself pumped up again and tried doing them fast like the 3rd set. Got about 10 in and realized that speed was not lasting. Struggled with the next 10, but when I hit 20 it was rough. Managed to pump out the next 5 and forced myself to do 5 more slowly, for 30 total.

Now my arms can't do much more than type, and even that hurts. It doesn't help I unload trucks by hand during the day, I think.

Moral of the story: Heavy metal. :thumbup1:

Band was Meshuggah for those interested.
 

WastedMeerkat

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I lost track of time and missed Monday
TWO IN A ROW CHALLANGEEEEE!!!
When I read the first line I was sure it was going to be "I lost track of time and ended up doing push-ups all night" or something similar.

But anyway, I think I'll participate in this. I'll probably make my schedule Friday-Monday-Wednesday-Wednesday-Friday-Wednesday-Monday, starting tomorrow.
 

Bockagon

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I didn't start this last week like I wanted to, procrastination's a bitch :p

Gonna knuckle down this week and get started.
 

What Is Schwa

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I've been absent from this thread for several reasons. The most important being I am having bloodwork done on Monday that requires me to not eat very much and be inactive beforehand. Monday afternoon I will start on Week 2 with much vigor.
 

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Day 1, the second try. Even though I did 12 in the initial test, I'm going to do the level 2 program now.

I was feeling pretty lazy at first, in the first set (6) I wanted to stop at 3, but did 6 anyway, pretty easy.
The second set (6) was a bit thougher but not too bad at all.
Third one (4), piece of cake.
Fourth set (4), easier still. I'm starting to feel like I didn't do the previous ones right because I slightly changed my posture for these.
5th (max, at least 5): I did 10. Could've probably done eleven if I had tried really hard.

It was easy, as expected, because I should really be doing the 10, 12, 7, 7, but I think I'll stick with this.
 

jpr

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Day 2:
Set 1 (6): A bit tough again due to morning tiredness, but the next one will probably go better.
Set 2 (8): I'm starting to feel this. Didn't really struggle though.
Set 3 (6): Getting harder. The workout that is. I'm starting to fear I can't even do the seven in the final set. This is finally starting to feel in my chest too.
Set 4 (6): Getting exhausted, the last one was pretty bad. But I counted it anyway.
Set 5 (max, at least 7): Holy crap. The first four were not too bad, but from the 5th it was painful and I barely did the seven. But I did them, hooray!
 

nik

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finished week 2 a day ago, week 3 day 1 is tonight

it's pretty cool to think that my absolute highest at the beginning was 16, now I can do 20 after 4 sets
 

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Can't be bothered with set regime any more, always preferred the 'Mapchange.. 20 pressups!' kinda system, saves me from getting bored out of my mind.
So I do 20 consecutive pressups, probably 5 or 6 times a day now. Plus did a 2 mile run on monday and will do a 3 mile run tomorrow.
 

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Dear What is Schwa?

Is your name referring to the schwa alien defense company? I live in detroit and there's this guy who hangs out by a used book store advocating that the 'schwa' should become a new letter. are you this very man?
if so, what's up.

mo
 

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schwa is a letter in the phonetic alphabet
 

sniprpenguin

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Damn, missing nearly a week is not cool.

My arms are like wet towels of pain, dangling from my shoulders.
 

Terwonick

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What is Schwa,

I am VERY interested in that tea you were talking about before, could you message me what to do to brew it? Or the guide you used (if you did use a guide) to get into it?
 

What Is Schwa

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I am VERY interested in that tea you were talking about before, could you message me what to do to brew it?
No. I had a bad experience with private messaging. It starts off all innocent like "wut r u waring" and suddenly Rexy is at your house with balloons and a hockey mask.

What the fuck are you on about? I want to know about Kombucha

Right. Well, Kombucha is a tea you can find in most healthfood stores, Co-Ops, or even some grocery stores. Usually the person buying it looks like they should be spending their money on a pair of shoes and a beard trimmer instead of fancy ass drinks. I brew my own to avoid the shame of being seen buying such a hippy-dippy product. Here's what it looks like in the stores:
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Hot bitches drink it too.
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YUM!

Here's what it looks like brewing on your shelf:

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Holy mother of the antediluvian gods. What the fuck is that shit?!

Glad you asked! Kombucha is alive. It has a metabolism. It has deeper insight than a dozen Quakemans but can't do quite as many pushups. To be specific, it is a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY - How cute!). Even more specific, there's several species of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Saccharomyces that all grow together to form a yucky thick frisbee on the top of some tea water.

Whatever. You're gross. Why do you drink that shit?

I drink it because I like it. I don't drink soda yet still crave something bubbly. I'm also a nerdy bio major and like having a mad scientist experiment in my house. The bacteria that make the SCOBY are probiotics. If you're not familiar with probiotics you're about to be.

Your body actually has a lot of bacteria all up-ins. Your skin, your mouth, your stomach, your sad leaky vagina, all full of bacteria. From a cellular perspective, there's actually more bacteria cells than human cells in the space you consider "you". These disgusting buddies do a lot of stuff your lame-ass cells can't do, such as digest food and make your armpits stink. If you take anti-biotics you kill bacteria indiscriminately, so the bacteria that makes you sick die, but so do your bacteria buddies that help you digest yummy steak. Probiotics are meant to replenish the good guys. Kombucha has the good guys in it.

zzzzzz that is boring. What's it taste like?

Tart, bubbly vinegar. I flavor mine with frozen raspberries.

Wow that sounds grosser than it looks. Tell me how to brew it!

Glad you asked! It will cost you about $20 bucks to start production and it is stupid easy to do.

First, you'll need to get your hands on the live culture. Luckily it is becoming fairly popular so you should be able to find some easily at the previously mentioned places. All you have to do is buy a kombucha that doesn't have any extra stuff in it. Look for "original flavor"
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Buy two of these. (Usually about $3.50 each)

Second, buy a big GLASS jar. You want glass because this shit gets acidic. Like a pH of 3. (Don't be scared, orange juice has a pH between 3 and 4).

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I bought something that looked like this at wal-mart for 8 bucks.

While you're at wal-mart buy some black tea. Often this will be called English Breakfast Tea ($2 Bucks). Look at the ingredients and make sure there's nothing weird in there. Also buy some sugar in the raw ($2 bucks). Finally, grab a couple gallons of distilled water. Now go home and feel the post wal-mart purchasing shame. Seriously wal-mart is terrible and you should kill yourself.

Now that you're home, pour half a gallon of the distilled water in a big pot with a couple tea bags in it (No less than 2. More if you want a stronger flavor). Let it boil for 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the hot water into the big glass container. Stir in 1 cup sugar. Let cool. When cool to touch, open the two Kombuchas and pour in. Pour the rest of the distilled water in to bring the level up to about one inch below the lip. Now cover the opening with a thin piece of cloth (an old t-shirt will do) and secure with a rubber band.

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The cloth is to keep out fruit flies and spores.

Now put that shit in a dark warm corner of your house and wait ten days. Try to avoid the temptation to take off the cloth and peer in as each time you do so you increase the chance of contamination. Contamination doesn't happen often, but is more likely in the earlier stages before you have a super strong culture going on.

After ten days you will have something that looks like this growing on the top
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YUCK! That looks like cat vomit! How do I know it is what it is supposed to be?!
The key here is uniformity. Everything in the above picture looks roughly the same. Contamination will look fuzzy and be localized. Below is an example of mold contamination.
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Okay so now what?
Fish out the thick gross frisbee on the top. This is your SCOBY and your new best friend. Set her aside in a clean bowl. The remaining fluid is your Kombucha tea! Pour it into one or more containers that you can secure tightly. Put the fluid in a warm dark place for about two days to let the Saccharomyces (yeast) digest the remaining sugars and produce CO2 for bubblies. It is at this stage that you can flavor your tea with whatever you please. I have experimented with several fruits and found raspberries to be the most flavorful. Peaches are disgusting.

Now start the process over again! Brew some tea, put it in the big glass jar with some sugar, and plop your scoby back in.

Wait a couple days, crack open your sealed brew (careful, this shit can POP) and pour some into your finest glasses.
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Oh did I mention this is usually about 0.5% alcohol? Not enough to make you fall down the stairs, but just enough to get that nerdy and adventurous hotty in your bio class to undo her hair tie and take off those glasses.
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You're welcome.

Any questions?